ubuntu install with rackhd

install-trusty.ipxe

echo Starting Ubuntu x64 installer for ${hostidentifier}
set base-url http://<%=server%>:<%=port%>/ubuntu/dists/trusty/main/installer-amd64/current/images/netboot/ubuntu-installer/amd64
kernel ${base-url}/linux
initrd ${base-url}/initrd.gz
imgargs linux auto=true DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive url=http://<%=server%>:<%=port%>/api/common/templates/ubuntu-trusty-preseed hostname=<%=hostname%> log_host=<%=server%> BOOTIF=01-<%=macaddress%> interface=auto console=tty0 console=<%=comport%>,115200n8
boot || prompt --key 0x197e --timeout 2000 Press F12 to investigate || exit shell

monorail.json

{
    "CIDRNet": "192.168.50.2/24",
    "amqp": "amqp://localhost",
    "apiServerAddress": "192.168.50.2",
    "apiServerPort": 9080,
    "broadcastaddr": "192.168.50.255",
    "dhcpGateway": "192.168.50.2",
    "dhcpProxyBindAddress": "192.168.50.2",
    "dhcpProxyBindPort": 4011,
    "dhcpSubnetMask": "255.255.255.0",
    "gatewayaddr": "192.168.50.2",
    "httpBindAddress": "0.0.0.0",
    "httpBindPort": 8080,
    "httpEndpoints": [
        {
            "address": "0.0.0.0",
            "port": 8080,
            "httpsEnabled": false,
            "proxiesEnabled": true,
            "authEnabled": false,
            "routers": "northbound-api-router"
        },
        {
            "address": "192.168.50.2",
            "port": 9080,
            "httpsEnabled": false,
            "proxiesEnabled": true,
            "authEnabled": false,
            "routers": "southbound-api-router"
        }
    ],
    "httpDocsRoot": "./build/apidoc",
    "httpEnabled": true,
    "httpFileServiceRoot": "./static/files",
    "httpFileServiceType": "FileSystem",
    "httpProxies": [
        {
        "localPath": "/ubuntu/",
        "server": "http://archive.ubuntu.com",
        "remotePath": "/ubuntu/"
        }
    ],
    "httpStaticRoot": "/opt/monorail/static/http",
    "httpsBindAddress": "0.0.0.0",
    "httpsBindPort": 8443,
    "httpsCert": "data/dev-cert.pem",
    "httpsEnabled": false,
    "httpsKey": "data/dev-key.pem",
    "httpsPfx": null,
    "minLogLevel": 1,
    "mongo": "mongodb://localhost/pxe",
    "sharedKey": "qxfO2D3tIJsZACu7UA6Fbw0avowo8r79ALzn+WeuC8M=",
    "statsd": "127.0.0.1:8125",
    "subnetmask": "255.255.255.0",
    "syslogBindAddress": "192.168.50.2",
    "syslogBindPort": 514,
    "tftpBindAddress": "192.168.50.2",
    "tftpBindPort": 69,
    "tftpRoot": "/var/renasar/on-tftp/static/tftp"
}

ubuntu-trusty-preseed

#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for squeeze)
### Localization
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
# d-i live-installer/net-image string http://<%=server%>:<%=port%>/ubuntu_trusty/install/filesystem.squashfs
# d-i live-installer/net-image string http://10.1.1.2/trusty-server-amd64/install/filesystem.squashfs

# this squashfs was not made for a ubuntu install, but it's compatible enough to work. 
d-i live-installer/net-image string http://<%=server%>:<%=port%>/common/base.trusty.3.16.0-25-generic.squashfs.img

# Keyboard selection.
# Disable automatic (interactive) keymap detection.
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i keyboard-configuration/layoutcode string us

### Network configuration
# Disable network configuration entirely. This is useful for cdrom
# installations on non-networked devices where the network questions,
# warning and long timeouts are a nuisance.

# netcfg will choose an interface that has link if possible. This makes it
# skip displaying a list if there is more than one interface.
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string <%=hostname%>
d-i netcfg/get_domain string <%=domain%>

# Disable that annoying WEP key dialog.
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
### Mirror settings
# If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
d-i mirror/country string manual
# server:port was necessary here
d-i mirror/http/hostname string <%=server%>:<%=port%>
d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu
d-i apt-setup/restricted boolean false
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
d-i apt-setup/universe boolean false
d-i apt-setup/backports boolean false
d-i apt-setup/proposed boolean false
d-i apt-setup/security_host string
d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string deb http://<%=server%>:<%=port%>/ubuntu trusty main restricted universe multiverse
d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean false
d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true

### Clock and time zone setup
# Controls whether or not the hardware clock is set to UTC.
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true

# You may set this to any valid setting for $TZ; see the contents of
# /usr/share/zoneinfo/ for valid values.
d-i time/zone string US/Pacific

# Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true

### Partitioning
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
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 true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \
	select Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM

d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string vg00
#d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
# recipe should be a template substitiution
d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select /lib/partman/recipes/30atomic
#d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \
#      boot-root ::                                            \
#              64 128 128 ext4                                 \
#                      $primary{ } $bootable{ }                \
#                      method{ format } format{ }              \
#                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
#                      mountpoint{ /boot }                     \
##              .                                               \
#              128 512 200% linux-swap                         \
#                      method{ swap } format{ }                \
#              .                                               \
#              512 512 512 ext4                                \
#                      method{ format } format{ } $lvmok{ }    \
#                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
#                      mountpoint{ / }                         \
##              .                                               \
#              256 256 256 ext4                                \
#                      method{ format } format{ } $lvmok{ }    \
#                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
#                      mountpoint{ /home }                     \
#              .                                               \
#              256 512 512 ext4                                \
#                      method{ format } format{ } $lvmok{ }    \
#                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
#                      mountpoint{ /tmp }                      \
#              .                                               \
#              2048 4096 4096 ext4                             \
#                      method{ format } format{ } $lvmok{ }    \
#                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
#                      mountpoint{ /usr }                      \
#              .                                               \
#              2048 4096 -1 ext4                               \
#                      method{ format } format{ } $lvmok{ }    \
#                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
#                      mountpoint{ /var }                      \
#              .
#
d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4
d-i partman/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


# If you just want to change the default filesystem from ext3 to something
# else, you can do that without providing a full recipe.
d-i partman/default_filesystem string ext4

### Account setup
# Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to
# use sudo). The default is false; pretemplate this to true if you want to set
# a root password.
d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
# Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account.
#d-i passwd/make-user boolean true

# Root password, either in clear text
#d-i passwd/root-password password r00tme
#d-i passwd/root-password-again password r00tme
# or encrypted using an MD5 hash.
#d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [MD5 hash]

# To create a normal user account.
d-i passwd/user-fullname string <%=username%> User
d-i passwd/username string <%=username%>
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password $6$Qey9BDGE2c1$qNz2CArubDFY9n3qIb7spwFx9Tp.lBR9zfO/1eDyq7PTF5XwEAO8s7hcLfH5gkS/JUE0UABCutH474wkfaBII1
d-i passwd/user-uid string <%=uid%>
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false

### Package selection
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect ubuntu-server

# Individual additional packages to install
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server curl

# Policy for applying updates. May be "none" (no automatic updates),
# "unattended-upgrades" (install security updates automatically), or
# "landscape" (manage system with Landscape).
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none

# This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
# if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true

# This one makes grub-installer install to the MBR if it also finds some other
# OS, which is less safe as it might not be able to boot that other OS.
d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true

# Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note

# Monitor autodetection is recommended.
xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor boolean true
#### Advanced options
### Running custom commands during the installation
# d-i pretemplateing is inherently not secure. Nothing in the installer checks
# for attempts at buffer overflows or other exploits of the values of a
# preconfiguration file like this one. Only use preconfiguration files from
# trusted locations! To drive that home, and because it's generally useful,
# here's a way to run any shell command you'd like inside the installer,
# automatically.

# This first command is run as early as possible, just after
# pretemplateing is read.
#d-i pretemplate/early_command string anna-install some-udeb
# This command is run immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be
# useful to apply dynamic partitioner pretemplateing that depends on the state
# of the disks (which may not be visible when pretemplate/early_command runs).
#d-i partman/early_command
#       string debconf-set partman-auto/disk "$(list-devices disk | head -n1)"
# This command is run just before the install finishes, but when there is
# still a usable /target directory. You can chroot to /target and use it
# directly, or use the apt-install and in-target commands to easily install
# packages and run commands in the target system.
#d-i pretemplate/late_command string apt-install zsh; in-target chsh -s /bin/zsh

d-i preseed/late_command string in-target wget http://<%=server%>:<%=port%>/api/common/templates/ubuntu-trusty-sources -O /etc/apt/sources.list; in-target mkdir /home/<%=username%>/.ssh; in-target wget http://<%=server%>:<%=port%>/api/common/templates/renasar-ansible.pub -O /home/<%=username%>/.ssh/authorized_keys; in-target chown -R <%=uid%>:<%=uid%> /home/<%=username%>/.ssh; in-target /usr/sbin/useradd emc -p '$6$kS13aboz$s3V1/argaAqwpUR5xgCl3zc8x1nndOwGJfyMJMPrLBJp5TFtMY2.ymKVm.KTLWa0FAqtrQreGilBUtloK.rYr1' -s /bin/bash; cat blacklist mei >> /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf

re: preseed file

find anything with ubuntu_trusty in the url and change it

d-i mirror/http/hostname string <%=server%>:<%=port%> <- this was a tricky one

you have to restart on-http for the template to recompile