# To see all available options execute this command once the install is done: # sudo less /var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat # If you need information about an option use the command below (example for keymap): # grep -A 4 "keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap" /var/log/installer/cdebconf/templates.dat d-i debconf/priority select critical # Use network mirror for package installation # d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean true # Automatic installation d-i auto-install/enable boolean true # "linux-server" is substituted by "linux-image-amd64" # Possible options : "linux-image-amd64"(default) or "linux-image-rt-amd64" d-i base-installer/kernel/override-image string linux-server # Configure hardware clock d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true d-i clock-setup/utc-auto boolean true # d-i console-setup/ask_detect boolean false # d-i debconf/frontend select noninteractive # Set OS locale d-i debian-installer/language string en d-i debian-installer/country string US d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8 # d-i debian-installer/framebuffer boolean false # Reboot once the install is done d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note # Bootloader options d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true d-i grub-installer/bootdev string /dev/xvda # Set the keyboard layout d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us # Mirror from which packages will be downloaded d-i mirror/country string manual d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian d-i mirror/http/hostname string httpredir.debian.org # Configure http proxy if needed "http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/" d-i mirror/http/proxy string # Disk configuration d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic d-i partman-auto/method string lvm d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true d-i partman/choose_partition select finish d-i partman/confirm boolean true d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true # User configuration d-i passwd/root-login boolean true d-i passwd/root-password-again password packer d-i passwd/root-password password packer d-i passwd/user-fullname string packer d-i passwd/user-uid string 1000 d-i passwd/user-password password packer d-i passwd/user-password-again password packer d-i passwd/username string packer # Extra packages to be installed d-i pkgsel/include string sudo d-i pkgsel/install-language-support boolean false d-i pkgsel/update-policy select none # Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap d-i pkgsel/upgrade select full-upgrade # Set timezone d-i time/zone string Europe/Paris # Allow weak user password d-i user-setup/allow-password-weak boolean true # Home folder encryption d-i user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false # Do not scan additional CDs apt-cdrom-setup apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false # Use network mirror apt-mirror-setup apt-setup/use_mirror boolean true # Disable polularity contest popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false # Select base install tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, ssh-server # Setup passwordless sudo for packer user d-i preseed/late_command string \ echo "packer ALL=(ALL:ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" > /target/etc/sudoers.d/packer && chmod 0440 /target/etc/sudoers.d/packer