# # Ubuntu Server 14.04 Preseed # # Usage: # # This Ubuntu Preseed file is meant to be used when installing Ubuntu # from the ISO. The following menus will require user input, everything # after will be an unattended install: # # * Select a language # * Select your location # * Configure the keyboard # * Configure the network # # References: # # https://help.ubuntu.com/14.04/installation-guide/example-preseed.txt # http://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/513/debian-ubuntu-preseed-create-two-volume-groups-same-disk ############# # # Pre Install # ############# # Command Line 1: This is necessary otherwise you will be prompted to umount /dev/sda. See Ubuntu bug #1347726. d-i preseed/early_command string \ umount /media || true ############# # # Localization # ############# d-i debian-installer/locale string en d-i debian-installer/country string US d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8 d-i debian-installer/language string en ############# # # Keyboard # ############# # Disable automatic (interactive) keymap detection. d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us d-i console-setup/variantcode string d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us ############# # # Mirror # ############# d-i mirror/suite string trusty d-i mirror/country string manual d-i mirror/http/proxy string d-i mirror/http/hostname string archive.ubuntu.com d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu ############# # # Clock and Time Zone # ############# # Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.ubuntu.com # You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of # /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid values. d-i time/zone string UTC # Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC. d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true ############# # # Partitioning # ############# # If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned # contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a # warning. This can be preseeded away... d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true # The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array: d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true # And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions. d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda # For LVM partitioning, you can select how much of the volume group to use # for logical volumes. d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max # # The custom partitioning below will create the following # partitions, LVM Volume Group, and LVM Logical Volumes. # # root@ubuntu:~# parted /dev/sda print # Model: VMware, VMware Virtual S (scsi) # Disk /dev/sda: 21.5GB # Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B # Partition Table: msdos # # Number Start End Size Type File system Flags # 1 1049kB 512MB 511MB primary ext2 boot # 2 512MB 21.5GB 21.0GB primary lvm # # root@ubuntu:~# vgs # VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree # lxc 1 2 0 wz--n- 19.52g 0 # # root@ubuntu:~# lvs # LV VG Attr LSize Pool Origin Data% Move Log Copy% Convert # root00 lxc -wi-ao--- 18.57g # swap00 lxc -wi-ao--- 976.00m # d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select custompartitioning d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ custompartitioning :: \ 512 1 512 ext2 \ $primary{ } \ $bootable{ } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext2 } \ label{ boot } \ mountpoint{ /boot } \ . \ 1024 1 100% ext4 \ $primary{ } \ method{ lvm } \ device{ /dev/sda2 } \ vg_name{ lxc } \ . \ 1024 1 1024 linux-swap \ $lvmok{ } in_vg{ lxc } \ lv_name{ swap00 } \ method{ swap } format{ } \ . \ 5120 1 1000000000 ext4 \ $lvmok{ } in_vg{ lxc } \ lv_name{ root00 } \ method{ format } format{ } \ use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \ label{ root } \ mountpoint{ / } \ . \ # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above. d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/confirm boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true ############# # # Packages # ############# # Package selection tasksel tasksel/first multiselect openssh-server # Individual additional packages to install d-i pkgsel/include string vim git python-pip ethtool # Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap. # Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none # Policy for applying updates. May be "none" (no automatic updates), # "unattended-upgrades" (install security updates automatically), or # "landscape" (manage system with Landscape). d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none # Some versions of the installer can report back on what software you have # installed, and what software you use. The default is not to report back, # but sending reports helps the project determine what software is most # popular and include it on CDs. popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false ############# # # Users and Password # ############# # Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to # use sudo). The default is false; preseed this to true if you want to set # a root password. d-i passwd/root-login boolean true # Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account. d-i passwd/make-user boolean false # The installer will warn about weak passwords. If you are sure you know # what you're doing and want to override it, uncomment this. d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true # Root password, either in clear text d-i passwd/root-password password cobbler d-i passwd/root-password-again password cobbler ############# # # Bootloader # ############# # This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR # if no other operating system is detected on the machine. d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true ############# # # Post Install # ############# # Command Line 1: Allow root to SSH. d-i preseed/late_command string \ sed -i '/PermitRootLogin / s/ .*/ yes/' /target/etc/ssh/sshd_config ############# # # Finish # ############# # Reboot after the install is finished. finish-install finish-install/reboot_in_progress note