preseed.cfg for automated installations with chef from apt.opscode.com

full_preseed.cfg

# This is the entire preseed config file used on an example Lucid system. See the preseed
# documentation for more information on the options here. This will use US English by default.
# 
# https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/installation-guide/amd64/preseed-contents.html
#
# This preseed will automatically install Ubuntu 10.04 with default options. Understand what
# it is doing before you use it.
# 
### Localization
# Locale sets language and country.
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US

# Keyboard selection.
d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i console-setup/layoutcode string us

### Network configuration
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth0
d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60
# Change to the desired default hostname, or pass 'netcfg/get_hostname=HOST' to boot options
#d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname
# Change example.com to your domain or pass 'netcfg/get_domain=DOMAIN' to boot options
d-i netcfg/get_domain string example.com
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string

### Mirror settings
d-i mirror/http/mirror select us.archive.ubuntu.com
d-i mirror/udeb/components multiselect main, restricted, universe, multiverse
d-i mirror/http/proxy string

### Clock and time zone setup
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i time/zone string UTC
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
# Change to your preferred NTP server.
d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string time.example.com

### Partitioning
# Naive, please read the preseed documentation on how to change this.
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string regular
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-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
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

### Base system installation
d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-generic

### Account setup
# Generate the PASSWORDHASH with:
# mkpasswd -m sha-512
#
# If you want to use a root password, set this to true, generate a PASSWORDHASH with mkpasswd
# and uncomment the user-default-groups line so the user also gets sudo access.
#d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
#d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password PASSWORDHASH
d-i passwd/user-fullname string ubuntu
d-i passwd/username string ubuntu
d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password PASSWORDHASH
d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
#d-i passwd/user-default-groups string adm cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare admin sudo

### Apt setup
# Additional repositories added here are appended to /etc/apt/sources.list.
# Be sure to change 'lucid' to the proper release if you're not using Ubuntu 10.04!
d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
  http://apt.opscode.com/ lucid main
d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true
d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://apt.opscode.com/packages@opscode.com.gpg.key

tasksel tasksel/first multiselect server
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential ruby ruby-dev \
  libopenssl-ruby rdoc ri irb wget curl ssl-cert git-core rake
d-i pkgsel/upgrade select safe-upgrade
d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none
d-i pkgsel/language-packs multiselect en
d-i pkgsel/install-language-support 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

### X configuration
# I don't know if this is required but leaving it in probably doesn't hurt. Don't want to
# end up having to reinstall because of a stupid prompt -jt
xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/autodetect_monitor boolean true
xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/selection-method \
       select medium
       xserver-xorg xserver-xorg/config/monitor/mode-list \
              select 1024x768 @ 60 Hz

### Preseeding other packages
# You can preseed other packages too. For example setting the Chef Server's URL for the
# Opscode Platform (replace ORGNAME with your value):
#chef chef/chef_server_url string https://api.opscode.com/organizations/ORGNAME

#### Advanced options
# Additional preseeding options here.
# This is where you could retrieve the validation certificate for Chef with a late install
# command. Read the preseed documentation on how to use these commands.

gistfile1.txt

# Boot Options line:
# auto url=http://build.int.example.com/seed console-setup/ask_detect=false \
#  console-setup/layoutcode=us locale=en_US netcfg/get_hostname=ubuntu1004test \
#  initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet --

# Add Opscode APT repository to sources.
d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \
       http://apt.opscode.com/ &releasename; main
# Enable deb-src lines
d-i apt-setup/local0/source boolean true
# URL to the public key of the local repository; you must provide a key or
# apt will complain about the unauthenticated repository and so the
# sources.list line will be left commented out
d-i apt-setup/local0/key string http://apt.opscode.com/packages@opscode.com.gpg.key

# Add Chef client package
d-i pkgsel/include string chef

# Later in the debconf for other packages settings (end of file),
# preseed the chef server URL.
# If the Opscode Platform is your Chef Server, change ORGNAME
#chef    chef/chef_server_url    string https://api.opscode.com/organizations/ORGNAME
# Or, if you use an internal chef server, change FQDN
#chef    chef/chef_server_url    string http://chef.example.com