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# 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.
#
# Boot Options line:
#
# auto url=http://build.example.com/seed console-setup/ask_detect=false \
# console-setup/layoutcode=us locale=en_US netcfg/get_hostname=ubuntu1004test \
# initrd=/install/initrd.gz quiet --
#
# All on one line, wrapped here for line width readability. Also, the preseed must be
# retrievable at the URL given, change to suit. See the preseed documentation for more
# information.
#
### 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 paragon.crypticstudio.com
d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
### Mirror settings
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string us.archive.ubuntu.com
d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu
d-i mirror/http/proxy string
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 America/Los_Angeles
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
# Change to your preferred NTP server.
d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string vesta.paragon.crypticstudios.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 atari
d-i passwd/username string atari
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.
# Add Opscode APT repository to sources.
# 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
# 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
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect server
# change package list to suit your preferences
#d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential ruby ruby-dev \
# libopenssl-ruby rdoc ri irb wget curl ssl-cert git-core rake
# or use the following:
#d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server chef wget curl ssl-cert
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server wget curl ssl-cert
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
# Or, if you use an internal chef server, change FQDN:
#chef chef/chef_server_url string http://chef.example.com
#### 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.
d-i preseed/include string preseed.cfg
chef chef/chef_server_url string http://risk-chef:4000
d-i preseed/late_command string in-target wget -O /home/atari/updatens.pl http://risk-kickstart/updatens.pl; \
in-target perl /home/atari/updatens.pl; \
in-target mkdir -p /etc/chef; \
in-target wget -O /etc/chef/validation.pem http://risk-kickstart/validation.pem; \
apt-install chef; \
in-target chef-client
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