Ubuntu 18.04 Preseed

preseed.cfg

# Ubuntu 18.04 preseed config
# Larry Smith Jr.
# @mrlesmithjr
# http://everythingshouldbevirtual.com

### Localization
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us

### Network configuration
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
d-i netcfg/get_domain string domain.com
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string

### Mirror settings
d-i mirror/http/countries select US
d-i mirror/country string US
d-i mirror/http/hostname string us.archive.ubuntu.com
d-i mirror/http/directory string /images/Ubuntu/18.04
d-i mirror/http/mirror select us.archive.ubuntu.com
d-i mirror/http/proxy string

### Clock and time zone setup
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string US/Eastern
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true

### Partitioning
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/vda
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean false
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
# - atomic: all files in one partition
# - home:   separate /home partition
# - multi:  separate /home, /usr, /var, and /tmp partitions
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
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
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

### Account setup
d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
d-i passwd/user-fullname string ubuntu
d-i passwd/username string ubuntu
d-i passwd/user-password password ubuntu
d-i passwd/user-password-again password ubuntu
# Use mkpasswd -m sha-512 to create an MD5 hash password
#d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [MD5 hash]
d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false

### Apt setup

### Package selection
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect
# Individual additional packages to install
d-i pkgsel/include string git openssh-server python-simplejson sudo
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false

### Boot loader installation
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true

### Finishing up the installation
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true

### Preseeding other packages

#### Advanced options
d-i preseed/late_command string \
echo "ubuntu    ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /target/etc/sudoers; \
in-target ln -s /lib/systemd/system/[email protected] /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/[email protected]; \
rm -f /target/etc/ssh/ssh_host_*; \
in-target sed -i -e 's|exit 0||' /etc/rc.local; \
in-target sed -i -e 's|.*test -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key.*||' /etc/rc.local; \
in-target bash -c 'echo "test -f /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key || dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server" >> /etc/rc.local'; \
in-target bash -c 'echo "exit 0" >> /etc/rc.local'; \
cat /dev/null > /target/etc/hostname