Questions tagged [kickstart]

Kickstart is an automatic installation method of Linux originally developed by RedHat. Answers to questions during installation are pre-defined in a kickstart file (Default: ks.cfg).

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cloud-init vs. kickstart vs. preseed

What is the difference between all those automation features? I found three of them so far: cloud-init kickstart preseeding Is one of these methods outdated maybe?
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Ubuntu 22 PXE Kickstart With Cobbler

I am trying to PXE kickstart Ubuntu 22 using Cobbler, but I am getting error /init: line 49: can't open /dev/sr0: No medium found I believe when boot files are loaded, it's trying USB or CD drive ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 autoinstallation LUKS

Since I'll have to deal with Ubuntu clients mass deployments in the future, I was searching for methods to achieve an unattended setup. My current idea is to use something like kickstart or https://...
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Deploy Ubuntu 2004 EN but with swiss french keyboard layout

I am deploying Ubuntu Focal fossa via Network boot with a preseed file ubuntu_config.cfg. Inside this file I have this: .. d-i debian-installer/language string en d-i debian-installer/country string ...
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For Kickstart installation of 20.04 is "CD-ROM" equivalent to USB?

I am running system-config-kickstart, and it's asking me to choose the installation medium among: CD-ROM, FTP, HTTP, or Hard Drive. If using a USB drive, should I choose CD-ROM?
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How do I use a kickstart script from RedHat in Ubuntu without altering the ISO

I'm trying to automate the Ubuntu installation process as part of a migration from RedHat, and I have a working kickstart script that I would like to modify for Ubuntu. I have read several answers ...
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Make an installation USB fash drive to install 20.04 LTS desktop using http to image desktops and laptops

This is about imaging desktops and laptops by field techs. In rhel/centos, I can create a usb installation drive that will boot up a vmlinuz image, then pull the remaining info to boot up (eg initrd) ...
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Bad archive mirror using PXE boot method

I'm trying to automatically install Ubuntu on a client PC by using the PXE BOOT method....my Objectives are below: I am following the steps given in this link installation using PXE BOOT the server ...
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Set root password in ubuntu kickstart

I have a kickstart to set a password for root. Currently, this is what it says in the preseed file: rootpw --iscrypted $1$lK/0.tLv$XdsDIJ3KNU/Ta9r1Pr6Qt1 How do I generate a new hash for the root ...
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Unattended installation prompting for password

I'll start by posting this question here, and expand to other exchanges if the response rate is low. But I think the excellent Ubuntu community is the right place to begin. I am trying to accomplish ...
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Steps to create a kickstart server on Ubuntu 14.04

Need a step by step procedure for creating a kickstart server on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
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Is it possible to create unattended installation for Ubuntu Desktop 18.04?

I will try to keep this question short and concise: I have recently discovered the use of preseed and kickstart for unattended installation for numerous Linux distros. This seems to be the right way ...
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Changing the repositories after PXE installation

I have set up a PXE server that does a fully automated installation of both Ubuntu 18.04 server and Centos 7.6. My issue is that after installation, the Ubuntu systems have my PXE server IP in their ...
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Is it possible to kickstart a 16.04.3 install?

We have an existing kickstart server. It was originally built to build 16.04.0. but over the years, the installed machine kept going up in updates. 16.04.1, then .2 the last machine it kickstarted ...
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Unattended Installation Ubuntu through bootable pendrive

I have installed Ubuntu 16.04 through unattended installation. It has been installed successfully, but after installation, it is not loading and a black screen is showing with only the message: /dev/...
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How do I get past the "Finish partitioning and write changes to disk" during automated UEFI install?

I am using ubuntu 18.04 with virt-install (--boot uefi) and a kickstart ks.cfg file. The disk partition and %pre information is ignored when using UEFI. Disk partitioning information part /boot/efi --...
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Black screen at boot after Ubuntu Server 16.04 install from preseed and kickstart

I am currently trying to perform a unattended install of Ubuntu Server 16.04 on an Intel UP² board using preseed and kickstart files. For the moment, I am not really focusing on the unattended side ...
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How do I configure Kickstart network settings with Ubuntu 18.04?

I saw that in Ubuntu Server versions 16.04 and prior, there used to be a way to auto-configure the SystemV networking part of the Ubuntu OS in unattended installs via Kickstart files. However it seems ...
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Using an alternate server iso installer, how can I set an IP address during boot up?

Goal Using the latest LTS server iso (alternate), which at the time of writing is ubuntu-18.04.1-server-amd64.iso, I want to be able to do an installation, using a preseed and a kickstart file hosted ...
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Ubuntu Kickstart/seed file - weak password

I have used the kickstart generator tool to generate a kickstart/preseed file for ubuntu KVM installations which has worked well until now. It stopped working when I switched over to using a very weak ...
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How can i create and auto install of other open source software such as openvpn and snort using kickstart? [duplicate]

I'm new to kick start and i would like to know how i can create an auto install of open source software such as open vpn and Snort using kick start. Can this be done by post scripting the file? or ...
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PXE based installation always sets hostname as 'kickseed'

I am using PXE based provisioning of Ubuntu 12.04.5. I have PXE, TFTP, DHCP server in place. All my configurations specified in kickstart file are set correctly except the hostname. The machine always ...
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Is there any possible way I can prompt the user to select a timezone just like in plain Ubuntu in a customized ISO?

Currently I provide a modified ISO to users and it has many configurations in ks.cfg for configuration post installation of OS. The users are in different timezones. Till now there is no manual ...
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How to specify default Ubuntu 16.04 installation language in isolinux/lang?

I previously used this command to set english as the default language for my unattended Ubuntu installation in 14.04 and it worked perfectly: echo en >> isolinux/lang For Ubuntu 16.04 this ...
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how to make an automatic installation disk with a system image (14.04)

I need to deploy a master PC image to a large number of PCs with the ability to automatically partition disks. I found how to make a LiveCD from an installed and configured system, but there are no ...
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Can you determine which packages are not being used at all when running a specific program

I want to create a custom Ubuntu server distro that automatically installs and runs a specific program only on the target machine. I've found a very good guide here: How to create a customized ubuntu ...
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Install custom *.deb by using Kickstart ( Ubuntu Server 14.04 )

I'm trying to create an Ubuntu Server automated installation by using Kickstart. I also need to install third-party packages without internet connection. The installation end successful, but packages ...
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Custom Automated Installation of Ubuntu Server wont boot

Got a question, hoping someone can give me an answer, which is probably obvious but I am lacking the knowledge as a junior system admin. So I had to do various automated installs of Ubuntu Server for ...
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Where do I add boot parameters to use ks.cfg

I created a kickstart file ks.cfg and then I have put that in the bootable disk (Ubuntu 10.04), and then added the following line to the isolinux.cfg linux ks=ks.cfg and have not removed any other ...
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Is there any way to autoinstall Ubuntu without root-password and without sudoer?

I'm trying to fully automate VM-provisioning. Therefore I trying to get Ubuntu to install without any passwords. Authentication is configured afterwards by puppet. I tried the following statements ...
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How to load docker image from a kickstart or preseed file?

I want to create customized ubuntu iso with docker engine installed. I also want to load some docker images in it. Docker Engine is installed. I could save docker image using docker save command. ...
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bootloader isolinux/txt.cfg default option not recognized [closed]

I am trying to kickstart an Ubuntu 15.10 installation, but the default option at the boot menu is not picked up for some reason. The syntax seems fine, and if I manually chose any of the options, It ...
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User not recognized in custom install CD using kickstart/kickseed

I attempted to create a custom ubuntu installer (based on server edition) like: How do I create a completely unattended install of Ubuntu? and: How to create a Customized Ubuntu Server ISO? but it ...
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Using Preseed/Kickstart with USB

Has anyone successfully created a bootable USB key that will use preseed and kickstart? All the tutorials titled 'automated install ubuntu with usb' etc, have cdrom/.. as the iso path. When i ...
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Can Kickstart/Preseed install more than 1 OS

I need to have a dual boot system, both OS will be Ubuntu. Is it possible to have kickstart/preseed install more than one OS? For example kickstart/preseed install Ubuntu on sdaX and sdaY on the same ...
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Locating a kickstart file on a client

I accidentally deleted my custom Ubuntu 16.04 kickstart file from my PXE server. I remember seeing it as a local file on a client that used this server and kickstart to install Ubuntu, but I can't ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS kickstart not working with nfs option in ks file

I'm attempting to automate some desktop installs using kickstart file instead of the preseed file. I understand that the process converts the ks.cfg file to the relevant preseed file The error ...
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kickstart install ubuntu 14.04 LTS without intervention and no swap

Thanks for previous questions about automatic installation, but I am running into an issue doing an automatic install without getting a swap partition. Here is my ks.cfg: #Generated by Kickstart ...
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PXE Setup for Xenial prepends squashfs path with /cdrom

I've tried everything I can think of, but I must be missing something. I'm using a PXE setup that pulls everything from a web server to install 16.04. The "default" file contains: LABEL Ubuntu 16....
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Preseed Ubuntu Server from USB (preseed not found)

I'm trying to make a USB installer for Ubuntu Server 14.04, but I'm having some trouble with the preseed file when booting from USB. I have a kickstart file and a preseed. The kickstart file works, ...
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I can not export the preseed.cfg file with kickstart configurator

I would like to create a preseed.cfg file for able to construct a Virtual Machine Vagrant automatically (with packer tool). For this I find a "kickstart configurator" application in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. ...
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OS Installation via Mirror

I am trying to do fresh machine installation via Kickstart over HTTP. During the installation the installer failed to download from the mirror on looking at the installer logs I could notice errors ...
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Kickstart file not downloaded

I'm trying to automate the installation of Ubuntu Server 14.04LTS through PXE. I have set up a server that hosts DHCP, TFTP and HTTP. I have set up a DHCP scope with a PXE boot filename. I have copied ...
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How to prevent Ubuntu installer from connecting to Canonical

To be precise, I created PXE kickstart installation from ubuntu-15.10-server-amd64.iso with virt-install. After network detections it hangs for a long time trying to connect to Canonical server (which ...
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Appending a package to Ubuntu ISO [duplicate]

I am trying to include a package to an ubuntu ISO. I have googled and found some solutions with kickstart. But, I dont want to automate the partitioning and all. I wish it to appear like a normal ...
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Where is a list of available package groups for kickstart?

Due to (very) long-time bug in system-config-kickstart, the package selection section does not list available packages, one has to edit the ks.cfg: This question explains how. An example given in ...
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Kickstart file is ignored by the installer

I have fallowed this guide to create a kickstart file to install ubuntu automatically. However the problem is that when I boot the menu item label autoinstall menu label ^Auto install kernel /...
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Issues with Unattended Ubuntu Installl from USB

*****UPDATE: I have now implemented a hack which solves this problem. I am still looking for help as I don't really consider the hack a solution. I booted shell (alt+f4) once the computer hung-up on ...
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Unattended Offline Edubuntu 14.04 Install

I am looking for a way to do this offline with Edubuntu 14.04 desktop. It would install much faster and better for large-scale deployments. It seems that contrary to some guides, kickstart is no ...
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Preseeding Ubuntu 12.04 ignores partitioning scheme

I've been battling with this problem for a couple of weeks now. I'm trying to automate the installation of Ubuntu servers using PXE and Kickstart. I've managed to fix most problems I've run in to ...