# File: /mnt/public/Support/Platforms/devuan/devuan-preseed1.txt # Locations: # /mnt/public/Support/Platforms/devuan/devuan-preseed1.txt # Author: bgstack15 # Startdate: 2019-06-25 # Title: Kickstart for CentOS 7 for ipa.smith122.com # Purpose: To provide an easy installation for VMs and other systems in the Mersey network # History: # 2017-06 I learned how to use kickstart files for the RHCSA EX-200 exam # 2017-08-08 Added notifyemail to --extra-args # 2017-10-29 major revision to use local repository # 2019-06-25 fork from centos7-ks.cfg # Usage with virt-install: # vm=d2-04a ; time sudo virt-install -n "${vm}" --memory 2048 --vcpus=1 --os-variant=debiantesting -v --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/"${vm}".qcow2,size=20 -l /mnt/public/Support/SetupsBig/Linux/devuan_ascii_2.0.0-beta_amd64_DVD.iso --initrd-inject=/mnt/public/Support/Platforms/devuan/preseed.cfg --extra-args "hostname=${vm} NOTIFYEMAIL=bgstack15@gmail.com interface=auto" --debug --network type=bridge,source=br0 --noautoconsole # vm=d2-04a; sudo virsh destroy "${vm}"; sudo virsh undefine --remove-all-storage "${vm}"; # Reference: # https://sysadmin.compxtreme.ro/automatically-set-the-hostname-during-kickstart-installation/ # /mnt/public/Support/Platforms/CentOS7/install-vm.txt # https://serverfault.com/questions/481244/preseed-command-string-fail-with-newline-character-using-virt-install-initrd-inj # https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apbs01.html.en # https://github.com/jameswthorne/preseeds/blob/master/debian-7-wheezy-unattended.seed # syntax for --location https://www.queryxchange.com/q/1_908324/virt-install-preseed-not-working/ # example preseed https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/example-preseed.txt # skip next dvd question https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/409212/preseed-directive-to-skip-another-cd-dvd-scanning # Improve: # test the lvm auto approval # learn how to skip the "scan another DVD?" question. d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US d-i debian-installer/language string en d-i debian-installer/country string US d-i debian-installer/keymap select us d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us d-i keyboard-configuration/variantcode string d-i netcfg/get_domain string ipa.smith122.com d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean false d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string # disable asking for non-free firmware, because this is a vm and has none d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean false d-i localechooser/supported-locales string en_US.UTF-8 d-i openssh-server/permit-root-login boolean false d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean true d-i mirror/protocol string http d-i mirror/country string manual # need to get this one working. it looks like it selects, but does not accept automatically. d-i mirror/http/hostname string deb.devuan.org d-i mirror/http/directory string /devuan d-i mirror/http/proxy string d-i mirror/suite string testing d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true #d-i apt-setup/enable-source-repositories boolean false # ORIGINAL d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security updates, release updates, backported software d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true d-i apt-setup/disable-cdrom-entries boolean true d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-next boolean false d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-failed boolean false d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential sudo screen d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean true tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ssh-server d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ipa.smith122.com d-i time/zone string America/New_York d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true d-i grub-installer/grub2_instead_of_grub_legacy boolean true d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/vda d-i grub-installer/choose_bootdev select /dev/vda grub-installer grub-installer/force-efi-extra-removable boolean false d-i passwd/root-password password f0rg3tkickstart& d-i passwd/root-password-again password f0rg3tkickstart& d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/vda d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select home d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/choose_label string gpt d-i partman/default_label string gpt d-i partman/confirm boolean true #d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true #d-i partman/mount_style select uuid # Uncomment this to add multiarch configuration for i386 #d-i apt-setup/multiarch string i386 # WORKHERE need to figure this out d-i passwd/make-user boolean true d-i passwd/user-fullname string bgirton-local d-i passwd/username string bgirton-local d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password $6$85aKM2DkiD5g9r3D$zkbcVES1Bzu.b5dBJxklSggEJzswZBlVAyc9LUUIzMA2OLRH2PD2ZWE9Q40Wtw/3OOxDM2nF031hfD4s5LGuG1 d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean true # LDAP server URI: d-i shared/ldapns/ldap-server string ldapi:///ipa.smith122.com d-i shared/ldapns/ldap-server string ldapi:///ipa.smith122.com d-i openssh-server/password-authentication boolean true