| #### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for stretch) |
| ### Localization |
| # Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale. |
| d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US |
| |
| # The values can also be preseeded individually for greater flexibility. |
| #d-i debian-installer/language string en |
| #d-i debian-installer/country string NL |
| #d-i debian-installer/locale string en_GB.UTF-8 |
| # Optionally specify additional locales to be generated. |
| #d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8, nl_NL.UTF-8 |
| |
| # Keyboard selection. |
| d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us |
| # d-i keyboard-configuration/toggle select No toggling |
| |
| ### 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. |
| #d-i netcfg/enable boolean false |
| |
| # 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 |
| |
| # To pick a particular interface instead: |
| #d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth1 |
| |
| # To set a different link detection timeout (default is 3 seconds). |
| # Values are interpreted as seconds. |
| #d-i netcfg/link_wait_timeout string 10 |
| |
| # If you have a slow dhcp server and the installer times out waiting for |
| # it, this might be useful. |
| #d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 60 |
| #d-i netcfg/dhcpv6_timeout string 60 |
| |
| # If you prefer to configure the network manually, uncomment this line and |
| # the static network configuration below. |
| #d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true |
| |
| # If you want the preconfiguration file to work on systems both with and |
| # without a dhcp server, uncomment these lines and the static network |
| # configuration below. |
| #d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note |
| #d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually |
| |
| # Static network configuration. |
| # |
| # IPv4 example |
| #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string 192.168.1.42 |
| #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string 255.255.255.0 |
| #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string 192.168.1.1 |
| #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string 192.168.1.1 |
| #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true |
| # |
| # IPv6 example |
| #d-i netcfg/get_ipaddress string fc00::2 |
| #d-i netcfg/get_netmask string ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:: |
| #d-i netcfg/get_gateway string fc00::1 |
| #d-i netcfg/get_nameservers string fc00::1 |
| #d-i netcfg/confirm_static boolean true |
| |
| # Any hostname and domain names assigned from dhcp take precedence over |
| # values set here. However, setting the values still prevents the questions |
| # from being shown, even if values come from dhcp. |
| d-i netcfg/get_hostname string unassigned-hostname |
| d-i netcfg/get_domain string unassigned-domain |
| |
| # If you want to force a hostname, regardless of what either the DHCP |
| # server returns or what the reverse DNS entry for the IP is, uncomment |
| # and adjust the following line. |
| #d-i netcfg/hostname string somehost |
| |
| # Disable that annoying WEP key dialog. |
| d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string |
| # The wacky dhcp hostname that some ISPs use as a password of sorts. |
| #d-i netcfg/dhcp_hostname string radish |
| |
| # If non-free firmware is needed for the network or other hardware, you can |
| # configure the installer to always try to load it, without prompting. Or |
| # change to false to disable asking. |
| #d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true |
| |
| ### Network console |
| # Use the following settings if you wish to make use of the network-console |
| # component for remote installation over SSH. This only makes sense if you |
| # intend to perform the remainder of the installation manually. |
| #d-i anna/choose_modules string network-console |
| #d-i network-console/authorized_keys_url string http://10.0.0.1/openssh-key |
| #d-i network-console/password password r00tme |
| #d-i network-console/password-again password r00tme |
| |
| ### Mirror settings |
| d-i apt-setup/no_mirror boolean true |
| # If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set. |
| #d-i mirror/protocol string ftp |
| #d-i mirror/country string manual |
| #d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org |
| #d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian |
| #d-i mirror/http/proxy string |
| |
| # Suite to install. |
| #d-i mirror/suite string testing |
| # Suite to use for loading installer components (optional). |
| #d-i mirror/udeb/suite string testing |
| |
| ### Account setup |
| # Skip creation of a root account (normal user account will be able to |
| # use sudo). |
| d-i passwd/root-login boolean true |
| # Alternatively, to skip creation of a normal user account. |
| #d-i passwd/make-user boolean false |
| |
| # Root password, either in clear text |
| d-i passwd/root-password password root |
| d-i passwd/root-password-again password root |
| # or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash. |
| #d-i passwd/root-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash] |
| |
| # To create a normal user account. |
| d-i passwd/user-fullname string Debian User |
| d-i passwd/username string debian |
| # Normal user's password, either in clear text |
| d-i passwd/user-password password insecure |
| d-i passwd/user-password-again password insecure |
| # or encrypted using a crypt(3) hash. |
| #d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password [crypt(3) hash] |
| # Create the first user with the specified UID instead of the default. |
| #d-i passwd/user-uid string 1010 |
| d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true |
| |
| # The user account will be added to some standard initial groups. To |
| # override that, use this. |
| #d-i passwd/user-default-groups string audio cdrom video |
| |
| ### 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/Eastern |
| |
| # Controls whether to use NTP to set the clock during the install |
| d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean false |
| # NTP server to use. The default is almost always fine here. |
| #d-i clock-setup/ntp-server string ntp.example.com |
| |
| ### Partitioning |
| ## Partitioning example |
| # If the system has free space you can choose to only partition that space. |
| # This is only honoured if partman-auto/method (below) is not set. |
| d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition select biggest_free |
| |
| # Alternatively, you may specify a disk to partition. If the system has only |
| # one disk the installer will default to using that, but otherwise the device |
| # name must be given in traditional, non-devfs format (so e.g. /dev/sda |
| # and not e.g. /dev/discs/disc0/disc). |
| # For example, to use the first SCSI/SATA hard disk: |
| d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/vda |
| # In addition, you'll need to specify the method to use. |
| # The presently available methods are: |
| # - regular: use the usual partition types for your architecture |
| # - lvm: use LVM to partition the disk |
| # - crypto: use LVM within an encrypted partition |
| d-i partman-auto/method string regular |
| |
| # If one of the disks that are going to be automatically partitioned |
| # contains an old LVM configuration, the user will normally receive a |
| # warning. This can be preseeded away... |
| d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true |
| # The same applies to pre-existing software RAID array: |
| d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true |
| # And the same goes for the confirmation to write the lvm partitions. |
| d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true |
| d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true |
| |
| # You can choose one of the three predefined partitioning recipes: |
| # - atomic: all files in one partition |
| # - home: separate /home partition |
| # - multi: separate /home, /var, and /tmp partitions |
| d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic |
| |
| # Or provide a recipe of your own... |
| # If you have a way to get a recipe file into the d-i environment, you can |
| # just point at it. |
| #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe_file string /hd-media/recipe |
| |
| # If not, you can put an entire recipe into the preconfiguration file in one |
| # (logical) line. This example creates a small /boot partition, suitable |
| # swap, and uses the rest of the space for the root partition: |
| #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ |
| # boot-root :: \ |
| # 40 50 100 ext3 \ |
| # $primary{ } $bootable{ } \ |
| # method{ format } format{ } \ |
| # use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ |
| # mountpoint{ /boot } \ |
| # . \ |
| # 500 10000 1000000000 ext3 \ |
| # method{ format } format{ } \ |
| # use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 } \ |
| # mountpoint{ / } \ |
| # . \ |
| # 64 512 300% linux-swap \ |
| # method{ swap } format{ } \ |
| # . |
| |
| # The full recipe format is documented in the file partman-auto-recipe.txt |
| # included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source |
| # repository. This also documents how to specify settings such as file |
| # system labels, volume group names and which physical devices to include |
| # in a volume group. |
| |
| # This makes partman automatically partition without confirmation, provided |
| # that you told it what to do using one of the methods above. |
| 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 |
| |
| ## Partitioning using RAID |
| # The method should be set to "raid". |
| #d-i partman-auto/method string raid |
| # Specify the disks to be partitioned. They will all get the same layout, |
| # so this will only work if the disks are the same size. |
| #d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda /dev/sdb |
| |
| # Next you need to specify the physical partitions that will be used. |
| #d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string \ |
| # multiraid :: \ |
| # 1000 5000 4000 raid \ |
| # $primary{ } method{ raid } \ |
| # . \ |
| # 64 512 300% raid \ |
| # method{ raid } \ |
| # . \ |
| # 500 10000 1000000000 raid \ |
| # method{ raid } \ |
| # . |
| |
| # Last you need to specify how the previously defined partitions will be |
| # used in the RAID setup. Remember to use the correct partition numbers |
| # for logical partitions. RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10 are supported; |
| # devices are separated using "#". |
| # Parameters are: |
| # <raidtype> <devcount> <sparecount> <fstype> <mountpoint> \ |
| # <devices> <sparedevices> |
| |
| #d-i partman-auto-raid/recipe string \ |
| # 1 2 0 ext3 / \ |
| # /dev/sda1#/dev/sdb1 \ |
| # . \ |
| # 1 2 0 swap - \ |
| # /dev/sda5#/dev/sdb5 \ |
| # . \ |
| # 0 2 0 ext3 /home \ |
| # /dev/sda6#/dev/sdb6 \ |
| # . |
| |
| # For additional information see the file partman-auto-raid-recipe.txt |
| # included in the 'debian-installer' package or available from D-I source |
| # repository. |
| |
| # This makes partman automatically partition 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 |
| |
| ## Controlling how partitions are mounted |
| # The default is to mount by UUID, but you can also choose "traditional" to |
| # use traditional device names, or "label" to try filesystem labels before |
| # falling back to UUIDs. |
| #d-i partman/mount_style select uuid |
| |
| ### Base system installation |
| # Configure APT to not install recommended packages by default. Use of this |
| # option can result in an incomplete system and should only be used by very |
| # experienced users. |
| #d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false |
| |
| # The kernel image (meta) package to be installed; "none" can be used if no |
| # kernel is to be installed. |
| #d-i base-installer/kernel/image string linux-image-686 |
| |
| ### Apt setup |
| # You can choose to install non-free and contrib software. |
| #d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true |
| #d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true |
| # Uncomment this if you don't want to use a network mirror. |
| #d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false |
| # Select which update services to use; define the mirrors to be used. |
| # Values shown below are the normal defaults. |
| #d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates |
| #d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org |
| |
| # Additional repositories, local[0-9] available |
| #d-i apt-setup/local0/repository string \ |
| # http://local.server/debian stable main |
| #d-i apt-setup/local0/comment string local server |
| # 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://local.server/key |
| |
| # By default the installer requires that repositories be authenticated |
| # using a known gpg key. This setting can be used to disable that |
| # authentication. Warning: Insecure, not recommended. |
| #d-i debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated boolean true |
| |
| # Uncomment this to add multiarch configuration for i386 |
| #d-i apt-setup/multiarch string i386 |
| |
| |
| ### Package selection |
| #tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, web-server, kde-desktop |
| |
| # Individual additional packages to install |
| d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential |
| # Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap. |
| # Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade |
| d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade |
| |
| # Some versions of the installer can report back on what software you have |
| # installed, and what software you use. The default is not to report back, |
| # but sending reports helps the project determine what software is most |
| # popular and include it on CDs. |
| #popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false |
| |
| ### Boot loader installation |
| # Grub is the default boot loader (for x86). If you want lilo installed |
| # instead, uncomment this: |
| #d-i grub-installer/skip boolean true |
| # To also skip installing lilo, and install no bootloader, uncomment this |
| # too: |
| #d-i lilo-installer/skip boolean true |
| |
| |
| # 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 |
| |
| # Due notably to potential USB sticks, the location of the MBR can not be |
| # determined safely in general, so this needs to be specified: |
| #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/sda |
| # To install to the first device (assuming it is not a USB stick): |
| #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default |
| |
| # Alternatively, if you want to install to a location other than the mbr, |
| # uncomment and edit these lines: |
| #d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean false |
| #d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean false |
| #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0,1) |
| # To install grub to multiple disks: |
| #d-i grub-installer/bootdev string (hd0,1) (hd1,1) (hd2,1) |
| |
| # Optional password for grub, either in clear text |
| #d-i grub-installer/password password r00tme |
| #d-i grub-installer/password-again password r00tme |
| # or encrypted using an MD5 hash, see grub-md5-crypt(8). |
| #d-i grub-installer/password-crypted password [MD5 hash] |
| |
| # Use the following option to add additional boot parameters for the |
| # installed system (if supported by the bootloader installer). |
| # Note: options passed to the installer will be added automatically. |
| #d-i debian-installer/add-kernel-opts string nousb |
| |
| ### Finishing up the installation |
| # During installations from serial console, the regular virtual consoles |
| # (VT1-VT6) are normally disabled in /etc/inittab. Uncomment the next |
| # line to prevent this. |
| #d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true |
| |
| # Avoid that last message about the install being complete. |
| d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note |
| |
| # This will prevent the installer from ejecting the CD during the reboot, |
| # which is useful in some situations. |
| #d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false |
| |
| # This is how to make the installer shutdown when finished, but not |
| # reboot into the installed system. |
| #d-i debian-installer/exit/halt boolean true |
| # This will power off the machine instead of just halting it. |
| #d-i debian-installer/exit/poweroff boolean true |
| |
| ### Preseeding other packages |
| # Depending on what software you choose to install, or if things go wrong |
| # during the installation process, it's possible that other questions may |
| # be asked. You can preseed those too, of course. To get a list of every |
| # possible question that could be asked during an install, do an |
| # installation, and then run these commands: |
| # debconf-get-selections --installer > file |
| # debconf-get-selections >> file |
| |
| |
| #### Advanced options |
| ### Running custom commands during the installation |
| # d-i preseeding 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 |
| # preseeding is read. |
| #d-i preseed/early_command string anna-install some-udeb |
| # This command is run immediately before the partitioner starts. It may be |
| # useful to apply dynamic partitioner preseeding that depends on the state |
| # of the disks (which may not be visible when preseed/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 preseed/late_command string apt-install zsh; in-target chsh -s /bin/zsh |
| |