WITHOUT HTTP_PROXY as it prevents from loading ks.cfg and WITHOUT DOUBLE QUOTES
vi /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/default
label ubuntu/bionic kickstart (erase everything)
kernel ../bionic/linux
initrd ../bionic/initrd.gz
append net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 vga=788 ks=http://x.x.x.x/bionic/ks.cfg ksdevice=bootif
WITH HTTP_PROXY against apt-cacher-ng
vi /tftpboot/bionic/ks.cfg install text mouse url --url http://MIRROR.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ preseed mirror/http/proxy string http://x.x.x.x:3142/ preseed passwd/make-user boolean false preseed pkgsel/update-policy select unattended-upgrades lang en_US langsupport en_US keyboard us timezone Europe/Moscow network --bootproto=dhcp --device=eth0 firewall --disabled auth --useshadow --enablemd5 #at least eight chars rootpw PASSWORD zerombr #even for GPT? bootloader --location=mbr --append="netcfg/do_not_use_netplan=true net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 mitigations=0" #we put an 250MB partition there just in case we need to switch to EFI clearpart --all --initlabel part /boot/efi --fstype=efi --size=250 --asprimary part / --fstype ext4 --size 1 --grow --asprimary part swap --size 2048 --asprimary skipx #reboot
note: the bootloader appends did not seem to work. postinstall fix was required.
on the pxe server
tail -F /var/log/thttpd.log /var/log/apt-cacher-ng/*
KickstartCompatibility https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KickstartCompatibility
4.6. Automatic Installation https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/i386/ch04s06.html
26.3. Kickstart Syntax Reference https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/installation_guide/sect-kickstart-syntax
5.3. Boot Parameters https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/installation-guide/i386/ch05s03.html
Ubuntu 14 and PXE - Variable to pass to specify install path? https://askubuntu.com/questions/679533/ubuntu-14-and-pxe-variable-to-pass-to-specify-install-path
A.2.2. bootloader (required) - Configure Boot Loader https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/23/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-commands-bootloader.html
4.3.1. Kickstart file example for installing on EFI-based systems https://docs.openvz.org/openvz_installation_using_pxe_guide.webhelp/_kickstart_file_example_for_installing_on_efi_based_systems.html
Why does a plaintext password with rootpw parameter of Kickstart doesn’t interpret password containing # (hash) character? https://access.redhat.com/solutions/2148361
A.5.5. rootpw (required) - Set Root Password https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/html/Installation_Guide/sect-kickstart-commands-rootpw.html