debian-installer (d-i) as a service

Usage

Debian

• Download an official Debian netinst image (*-netinst.iso) or set up dhcp&tftp to use netboot.tar.gz for PXE.
• Visit the demo site, edit, and save your preseed.cfg and late_command script.
• Boot from the netinst image you just downloaded or boot into PXE you just set up with the following kernel parameters.

auto=true url=sylee.org

If you need less prompts to achieve the fully automatic installation,

auto=true url=sylee.org priority=critical netcfg/get_hostname=debian

• Check B.2. Using preseeding - B.2.3. Auto mode to see how Debian stable works.

Ubuntu

• Download an official Ubuntu netboot image (mini.iso) or set up dhcp&tftp to use netboot.tar.gz for PXE.
• Visit the demo site, edit, and save your preseed.cfg and late_command script.
• Boot from the netboot image you just downloaded or boot into PXE you just set up with the following kernel parameters.

auto=true url=sylee.org

If you need less prompts to achieve the fully automatic installation,

auto=true url=sylee.org priority=critical netcfg/get_hostname=ubuntu

• Check B.2. Using preseeding - B.2.3. Auto mode to see how Ubuntu LTS works.

Setup the service

$ git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/fourdollars/diaas.git
$ cd diaas
$ uv sync
$ uv run gunicorn service:app -b 0.0.0.0:3456 -w 4