vultr-preseed-raid0.cfg

# Localization
d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US

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

# Network
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
d-i netcfg/get_hostname notusedanyway

# Repository mirror
d-i mirror/country string manual
d-i mirror/http/hostname string archive.ubuntu.com
d-i mirror/http/directory string /ubuntu
d-i mirror/http/proxy string

# Skip creation of a regular user, set up only root with no password. The access will be performed by SSH key specified in the end.
d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password !NO-PASSWD

# Server timezone
d-i time/zone string UTC
# Whether system clock set to UTC
d-i clock-setup/utc boolean false
# NTP settings
d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.ubuntu.com

#Partitioning
#remove all existing LVM and RAID setups
d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman/confirm boolean true

d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true

d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-md/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true

d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true

#define that we need RAID
d-i partman-auto/method string raid
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/nvme0 /dev/nvme1

d-i partman-auto-raid/recipe string                        \
    0 2 0 ext4 / raidid=1 .

d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                      \
      multiraid  ::                                        \
              500 10000 -1 raid                            \
                      $primary{ }                          \
                      $lvmignore{ }                        \
                      method{ raid }                       \
                      raidid{ 1 }                          \
              .  

#RAID is degraded until automatic sync, so it's fine
d-i mdadm/boot_degraded boolean true

# finish partitioning without confirmation
d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
d-i partman-partitioning/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

#software installation
d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean true 
#install standard tools
#tasksel tasksel/first standard
#install ssh-server
d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server

# 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

# add an authorized SSH key and add the protection flag, so the startup script won't run again
# looks lame, but nicer approaches didn't work for me
d-i preseed/late_command string echo "Installed and partitioned by the iPXE startup script. Do not delete this file or the system may be wiped upon reboot." > /target/etc/ipxe-preseed.flag; \
mkdir -p /target/root/.ssh; chmod 700 /target/root/.ssh; touch /target/root/.ssh/authorized_keys; chmod 600 /target/root/.ssh/authorized_keys; \
echo "ssh-rsa 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 eth-prod" >> /target/root/.ssh/authorized_keys;

#install grub
d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false 
d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/nvme0 /dev/nvme1

# finish the install and reboot
d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note