Ubuntu configuration for PAcker

box.json

{
	"provisioners": [
		{
			"type": "shell",
			"execute_command": "echo 'vagrant' | sudo -S sh '{{ .Path }}'",
			"inline": [
				"VBOX_VERSION=$(cat ~/.vbox_version)",
				"sudo mkdir -p /mnt/virtualbox",
				"sudo mount -o loop ~/VBoxGuestAdditions_$VBOX_VERSION.iso /mnt/virtualbox",
				"sudo sh /mnt/virtualbox/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run",
				"sudo umount /mnt/virtualbox",
				"sudo rm -rf ~/VBoxGuestAdditions_$VBOX_VERSION.iso /mnt/virtualbox",
				"mkdir ~/.ssh",
				"wget -qO- https://raw.github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/master/keys/vagrant.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys",
				"echo 'vagrant ALL=NOPASSWD:ALL' > /tmp/vagrant",
				"chmod 0440 /tmp/vagrant",
				"mv /tmp/vagrant /etc/sudoers.d/"
			]
		},
	],
	"builders": [
  		{
			"type": "virtualbox-iso",
			"name": "vagrant",
			"boot_command": [
				"<esc><esc><enter><wait>",
				"/install/vmlinuz noapic ",
				"preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/preseed.cfg ",
				"debian-installer=en_US auto locale=en_US kbd-chooser/method=us ",
				"hostname=YOUR_HOSTNAME ",
				"fb=false debconf/frontend=noninteractive ",
				"keyboard-configuration/modelcode=SKIP keyboard-configuration/layout=USA ",
				"keyboard-configuration/variant=USA console-setup/ask_detect=false ",
				"initrd=/install/initrd.gz -- <enter>"
			],
			"boot_wait": "10s",
			"disk_size": 20480,
			"guest_os_type": "Ubuntu_64",
			"headless": true,
			"http_directory": "http",
            		"http_port_min": 9000,
            		"http_port_max": 10000,
			"iso_urls": [
				"iso/ubuntu-14.04-server-amd64.iso",
				"http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04/ubuntu-14.04-server-amd64.iso"
			],
			"iso_checksum_type": "md5",
			"iso_checksum": "01545fa976c8367b4f0d59169ac4866c",
			"ssh_username": "vagrant",
			"ssh_password": "vagrant",
			"ssh_port": 22,
			"ssh_wait_timeout": "10000s",
			"shutdown_command": "echo 'vagrant'|sudo -S /sbin/halt -h -p",
			"guest_additions_path": "VBoxGuestAdditions_{{.Version}}.iso",
            		"guest_additions_url": "http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/{{.Version}}/VBoxGuestAdditions_{{.Version}}.iso",
			"virtualbox_version_file": ".vbox_version",
			"vm_name": "Box For You",
			"vboxmanage": [
				[
					"modifyvm",
					"{{.Name}}",
					"--memory",
					"1024"
				],
				[
					"modifyvm",
					"{{.Name}}",
					"--vram",
					"16"
				],
				[
					"modifyvm",
					"{{.Name}}",
					"--cpus",
					"1"
				]
			]
		}
	],
	"post-processors": [
		{
			"output": "builds/{{.Provider}}.box",
			"type": "vagrant",
			"vagrantfile_template": "/path/to/Vagrantfile",
		}
	]
}

preseed.cfg

# Some inspiration:
# * https://github.com/chrisroberts/vagrant-boxes/blob/master/definitions/precise-64/preseed.cfg
# * https://github.com/cal/vagrant-ubuntu-precise-64/blob/master/preseed.cfg

# English plx
d-i debian-installer/language string en
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
d-i localechooser/preferred-locale string en_US.UTF-8
d-i localechooser/supported-locales en_US.UTF-8

# Including keyboards
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i keyboard-configuration/layout select USA
d-i keyboard-configuration/variant select USA
d-i keyboard-configuration/modelcode string pc105


# Just roll with it
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string this-host
d-i netcfg/get_domain string this-host

d-i time/zone string UTC
d-i clock-setup/utc-auto boolean true
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true


# Choices: Dialog, Readline, Gnome, Kde, Editor, Noninteractive
d-i debconf debconf/frontend select Noninteractive

d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ubuntu-server


# Stuck between a rock and a HDD place
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic

d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman/confirm boolean true

# Write the changes to disks and configure LVM?
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max

# No proxy, plx
d-i mirror/http/proxy string

# Default user, change
d-i passwd/user-fullname string vagrant
d-i passwd/username string vagrant
d-i passwd/user-password password vagrant
d-i passwd/user-password-again password vagrant
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true

# No language support packages.
d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false

# Individual additional packages to install
d-i pkgsel/include string build-essential ssh

#For the update
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none

# Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap.
# Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select safe-upgrade

# Go grub, go!
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true

d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note

READEM.md

Place the preseed.cfg into a directory named http, so your file structure would look like this:

/

• http
  • preseed.cgf
• box.json