# 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 # grub problem caused by consolekit:amd64 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=915947#10 # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39861614/how-to-fully-automate-unattended-virt-install # 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 localechooser/supported-locales string en_US.UTF-8 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 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/non-free boolean true d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean true d-i mirror/country string manual d-i mirror/http/directory string /devuan d-i mirror/http/hostname string deb.devuan.org d-i mirror/http/proxy string d-i mirror/protocol string http d-i mirror/suite string testing d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-failed boolean false d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false d-i apt-setup/cdrom/set-next boolean false # my repos d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string http://albion320.no-ip.biz/smith122/repo/deb/ / d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string smith122deb d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://albion320.no-ip.biz/smith122/repo/deb/smith122deb.gpg d-i apt-setup/local1/repository string http://albion320.no-ip.biz/smith122/repo/devuan-deb/ / d-i apt-setup/local1/comment string devuan-deb d-i apt-setup/local1/key string http://albion320.no-ip.biz/smith122/repo/deb/smith122deb.gpg d-i apt-setup/local2/repository string http://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged ceres main contrib non-free d-i apt-setup/local2/comment string ceres d-i apt-setup/local2/key string https://pkgmaster.devuan.org/merged/dists/ceres/Release.gpg # if for some reason I really need to turn off the gpg key check: #d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean false tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ssh-server # adapted from /mnt/public/Support/Platforms/devuan/devuan.txt, main fluxbox desktop, but for a vm d-i pkgsel/include string \ alsamixergui alttab apt-transport-https bgconf bgscripts bgscripts-core cifs-utils fluxbox lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter mlocate nfs-common ntpdate openssh-server p7zip palemoon palemoon-ublock-origin scite screen sudo vim volumeicon-alsa waterfox xfe xscreensaver spice-vdagent qemu-guest-agent xserver-xorg-video-qxl grub d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean true d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string dns1.ipa.smith122.com d-i time/zone string America/New_York # skip grub during main part, because the ceres overlay adds some cruft to /boot/grub/locale/ from consolekit d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true # these next 2 are experimental d-i grub-installer/skip-again boolean true d-i grub-installer/skip-confirm boolean true d-i grub-installer/confirm_skip boolean true d-i nobootloader/confirmation_common boolean true d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true #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/choose_recipe select home d-i partman-auto-crypto/erase_disks boolean false d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/vda d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i partman/choose_label string gpt d-i partman/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/confirm boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true d-i partman/default_label string gpt #d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true #d-i partman/mount_style select uuid d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true # Uncomment this to add multiarch configuration for i386 #d-i apt-setup/multiarch string i386 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 passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean true # additional application stuff just in case it works and is useful # LDAP server URI: d-i shared/ldapns/ldap-server string ldapi:///ipa.smith122.com d-i openssh-server/password-authentication boolean true d-i openssh-server/permit-root-login boolean false # this will install a few things instead of consolekit, but that is ok. we need consolekit gone because it laid down some /boot/grub/locale/*mo files that interfere with grub-install d-i preseed/late_command string in-target apt-get purge -q -y -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confdef" -o Dpkg::Options::="--force-confold" consolekit ; \ in-target grub-install /dev/vda ; in-target update-grub