Questions Tagged [Subiquity]

Subiquity is an installer framework for Ubuntu, providing the Ubuntu Server text UI installer, and Ubuntu Core first boot configuration. It also functions as the backend for other Ubuntu install cases such as the flutter-based Desktop installer and as part of WSL configuration.

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Ubuntu 22.04 Resolution error after fix Installer crash after partition

Hardware Dell R710 with 96gb ram Steps involved Downloaded iso Used Rufus to flash usb stick Booted server waited for f11 dell boot manager Selected Usb stick and launched Error resolution monitor ...
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An error occurred during installation in Ubuntu Server 22.04

I have an old laptop and I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server 22.04 on it. I want to host some game servers and potentially other things. I got through everything with no real road bumps except when ...
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Subiquity install network assignment

I'm using Packer and trying to set the Subiquity network information at the boot prompt. This snippet works with the 20.04.4 ISO, but not with the 22.04 beta ISO. 22.04 gets me networking from the ...
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how to add drivers for e1000e in ubuntu server installer

I currently deploy my systems with ubuntu server 20.04 and add packages based on this script My new hardware includes an intel ...
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How to prevent subiquity from modifying the boot device order?

When performing an autoinstall via network, the install target device is set to be the primary boot device (which is arguably reasonable in most cases). Is it possible to prevent changes to the boot ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Subiquity Install - Point to Local Apt Repo on Iso

I am working on fully automating an installation of Ubuntu 20.04.4 server using the subiquity autoinstall method. I have a successful configuration that installs unattended, and pulls in the ubuntu-...
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Subiquity installer via ipxe not properly loading autoinstall file?

I'm trying to move our company to use the new Subiquity installer. We currently run an ipxe setup that calls the old Debian installer, which I have converted to kick off subiquity instead. The issue ...
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Ubuntu autoinstall late-commands issue with special chars

I need to run few commands after installation is complete. But installer is failing when I use this command: curl -X POST -k -H "Content-Type: plain/text, Accept: plain/text" -d <somedata&...
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Ubuntu 20.04.3 Autoinstall with embedded user-data crashing (I got workaround)

I am trying to create modified Ubuntu 20.04.3 ISO image with embedded autoinstall-user-data. But the installer keep crashing. The user-data YAML was saved from manual installed Ubuntu server (from /...
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Installing 20.04.3 server (subiquity) without GRUB

I’d like to install ubuntu-server 20.04.3 LTS but I already have a boot manager and don’t want to overwrite it. I know ubiquity can be run with the --no-bootloader option, and there are hints ...
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Ubuntu Server 20.04 Crashes when using premade MBR partitons

I'm attempting to install Ubuntu on 150GB MBR disk with 3 partitions /boot 1GiB swap 8GiB / 140.9GiB The moment the installer starts the format it crashes. Does anyone know what might be the ...
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Interact with user from subiquity late-command?

I am working on moving from the old Debian-style installer to the newer Ubuntu server autoinstall system which uses subiquity. One thing we do with our current system is run a late_command script ...
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Installing server with cloud-init script?

I just installed a (physical, bare metal) server with the new 21.10 server install image (in order to test and prepare for 22.04) on a usb pendrive. Worked, but I did not see an option to tell the ...
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How do I get to Subiquity logs from the command line?

I'm trying to do an automated install of Ubuntu 20.04.2 via PXE boot on a remote machine where my only access is through a virtual terminal. Subiquity is crashing somewhere in /subiquity/Install/...
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Server Autoinstall and Partitions

I'm learning about the cloud-config-ish autoinstall tool subiquity and I keep running into a problem where the autoinstall works, but it won't follow my configuration for the storage: section. Here's ...

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