iPXE script for deploying Ubuntu 20.04 autoinstall nocloud-net method

ubuntu2004.ipxe

#!ipxe
# ubuntu focal 20.04

# $seedfrom used to find the user-data and meta-data files by nocloud-net provider for cloud-init.
# the trailing slash is important, the cloud-init sticks 'meta-data' or 'user-data' right after it, without prepending a forward slash.
set seedfrom http://repo/files/ubuntu2004/

# $base url is where the vmlinuz and initrd live.
# they were fished out from the live-server iso file. the iso file is also in this directory.
set base http://repo/files/ubuntu2004

kernel ${base}/vmlinuz initrd=initrd autoinstall url=${base}/ubuntu-20.04-live-server-amd64.iso net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 ip=dhcp ds=nocloud-net;s=${seedfrom}
initrd ${base}/initrd
boot

Hi Tenzin,
Thank you very for sharing. Would you happen to have a similar deployment solution for Ubuntu 18.04 Desktop LTS?
Thank you.

Ah my bad 😗, didn't see this earlier question. I think there was a time where GitHub wasn't sending any emails for replies in gists. Hopefully you have gotten to a solution. 🤞

Hi Tenzin,

Thank you for the follow-up. I was deploying 18.04 via netboot, but I still think the live cd is better. Do you have a similar solution for 18.04 Desktop? Your suggestion is much appreciated. Thank you.

@jamaya77, I haven't done any automated installs of Ubuntu desktops, only server versions. However, with the new auto-install method, I think it must be possible.

Quick googling, I found this repo, which looks like a starting point🤞: https://github.com/canonical/autoinstall-desktop