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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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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Autoinstall build of Ubuntu Server 20.04, does not autoinstall
I'm trying to build a Ubuntu 20.04 server with autoinstall. But it looks like it isn't picking up the setup file.
I'm using packer, however I also tried this manually and got the same result:
Setup:
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Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop LTS unattended installation
I am trying to search around for the Ubuntu 22.04 Desktop autoinstall (like the Windows ISO image. We could deploy on the Windows ISO image, and make it install automatically with our customization ...
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Ubuntu Autoinstall - UEFI
We want to use the new ubuntu autoinstall method Autoinstall. There are some problems getting UEFI boot to work. I've installed Ubuntu Server 20.04 with the normal installer and EFI method and then ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Autoinstall method
Does anybody figured out the right way of providing autoinstall data with custom iso file via grub?
Clearly Ubuntu 22.04 doesn't provide the nice way of definition of boot commands via casper (sort of ...
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Cloud-init: how to get kernel parameters into the grub config files during autoinstall on 22.04?
I proceed struggling my way through the cloud-init and it's documentation. One of my current challenges is getting the cgroups flags for the kernel into the grub configs.
The ultimate goal is to get ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 Autoinstall works on UEFI but not MBR in Virtualbox?
I have read through the curtin and autoinstall documentation and can't wrap my head around why this autoinstall script is working on my development laptop but not my vbox install (ver 7.0.8 on Ubuntu ...
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How to install packages offline with Ubuntu 22.04 Server Autoinstall
I am making a custom ISO w/ autoinstall to automatically install Ubuntu Server onto our machines. We of course need to install some apt packages as part of the customization. The problem is, this ...
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PXE Booting Ubuntu 24.04 LTS + Autoinstall
I'm wondering if anyone has successfully been able to pass the proper kernel configs to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS to have it automagically boot and install from a working autoinstall.yaml file?
Here are the ...
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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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Ubuntu autoinstall disable prompt during iso installation
I'm generating my own iso using autoinstall, here is the configuration:
#cloud-config
autoinstall:
version: 1
identity:
hostname: foo-ubuntu
password: "qqqaaaqqqaaa"
username:...
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Ubuntu offline autoinstall ISO
I am migrating an offline autoinstall ISO from Ubuntu 16.04 to 20.04.
Previously I used the debian-installer preseed file. To disable online mirrors and force an offline install I could use the ...
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Autoinstall Lubuntu
I successfully was able to autoinstall Ubuntu Server 22.04 by calling following GRUB commands. <my-server> provides a user-data config file where users will be created etc.
linux /casper/vmlinuz ...
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late-commands using ubuntu autoinstall does not install tailscale app
I am trying to create autoinstall configuration for automatic ubuntu server installation and remote access. For remote access I would like to use Tailscale VPN. This example of my user-data file:
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Replicating an autoinstall
My scenario is as follows.
I've deployed several servers, and each has generated the /var/log/installer/autoinstall-user-data.
Of course, things have changed on the devices, i.e., network config and ...
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