Questions tagged [autoinstall]
For questions about the automated installation mode (autoinstall for short) of Ubuntu Server 20.04 and later. Do not use this tag for questions about the autoinstall option of the ubuntu-drivers command.
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Ubuntu 22.04 Autoinstall how to disable security Updates
I am setting up clients every now and then using pxe -> autoinstall
but after running the setup it takes very long to install the latest security updates.
I want them to install later not while the ...
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Autoinstall issue 22.04.2 server packer
Weird issue when using autoinstall its fires up cloud-init and starts doing something but gets to subiquity/meta/status_get and its falls over.
So heres what i'm using
ubuntu 20.04 moved to 22.04
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Autoinstall Ubuntu Server 22.04: Block probing did not discover any disks big enough to support guided storage configuration
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After running the the below bash script to auto-install an Ubuntu server 22.04 on Qemu using virt-install, I get the error:
Block probing did not discover any disks big enough to support ...
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Autoinstall storage: not working, Ubuntu does its own thing 20.04
I'm working with Ubuntu 20.40, where I'm creating an ISO with the user-data/meta-data on the image, then booting a VMware VM off it. I watch the output, it seems to create the logical volumes and ...
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how to customized a ubuntu server 22.04 image and set up as a auto answer installtion image
i am trying to make an image for my machines. There are too many machines that i have to install windows server and ubuntu server on them. So i need to customized a image(install some software and ...
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Installing packages via autoinstall vs user-data
I've read the entire autoinstall documentation and the entire cloud-init documentation, but I still don't understand the apparent overlap/redundancy between the ability to install packages in ...
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Ubuntu Jammy Auto Install
I am using an automated install for Ubuntu Jammy. I want to stop the prompt for installing updates and other software.
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Ubuntu autoinstall, how to actually get it to work?
I am having major trouble building a working autoinstall process. This is for 20.04.2.0; first, testing it with a VMware ESXI host.
What I thought I could do:
Boot the VM off the ISO and,
Specify ...
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Autoinstall via ISO boot kernel, correct command args
I'm new to the autoinstall process, where I am finding documentation difficult to follow; however, most of the docs refer to using a virtual machine (qemu) which we are not. On the Autoinstall ...
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How can I use self-signed HTTPS for my Ubuntu 20.04 autoinstall files?
I am trying to load an autoinstall config into an Ubuntu installation. I have my autoinstall configs hosted on two servers, one running https with company certs and one running http.
When the ...
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Autoinstall curtin FAIL: removing previous storage devices with RAID1
I create an ISO with autoinstall that needs to be generic. It should work on VMs, physical machines with legacy bios, EFI bios, with and without RAID.
In my autoinstall.yml, I don't have anything ...
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Autoinstall Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop using Server source?
I'm trying to create an auto install iso, and install it in Proxmox.
After spent long hours to search how to auto install a Desktop version, I finally abandoned.... (if anybody has an idea I'm waiting ...
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How to add shell script and python scripts in ubuntu auto-install early-commands section
I have a requirement to add multiple shell scripts and python scripts in the ubuntu autoinstall early-command section.
All documents tell about only the shell commands passing procedure inside early-...
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Autoinstall from ISO File
Can someone suggest the steps to use the autoinstall function starting 22.04 Server ISO?
My goal is to use an ISO to install Ubuntu Server 22.04, and provide info for automating install (first user, ...
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Autoinstaller: keep the /home if available, (and automatically add users)
What I would like to do is to make an autoinstaller that only installs the OS but would try to keep, and attach, an existing home directory - and automatically make the user(s) again.
But looking ...
