How to Use Ubuntu's "Automated Installation" Feature

Video Description

In this video, I show you how to write an autoinstall.yaml file, and how to provide it on Ubuntu desktop and server editions. Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 0:43 autoinstall.yaml Example 26:23 Providing autoinstall.yaml on Ubuntu Desktop 31:18 Tweaking autoinstall.yaml for Ubuntu Server 32:16 Providing autoinstall.yaml on Ubuntu Server 37:18 Creating a Custom Autoinstall ISO for Ubuntu Server Links: autoinstall.yaml Example: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DLgZUp-qpU0awCKtFxvH-jW_31_G9tHr/view?usp=sharing Autoinstall Configuration Reference Manual: https://canonical-subiquity.readthedocs-hosted.com/en/latest/reference/autoinstall-reference.html Netplan Configuration Manual: https://netplan.readthedocs.io/en/latest/netplan-yaml/ Commands to Provide autoinstall.yaml on Ubuntu Server: lsblk mount [PARTITION] /mnt (example: mount /dev/sda4 /mnt) cp /mnt/autoinstall.yaml / systemctl list-units | grep subiquity systemctl restart [SERVICE NAME] (example: systemctl restart snap-subiquity-6066.mount) Commands to Generate a Custom ISO: sudo apt install p7zip xorriso mkdir -p autoinstall-server/source-files cd autoinstall-server 7z -y x [NAME OF ISO] -osource-files (example: 7z -y x ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso -osource-files) xorriso -indev [NAME OF ISO] -report_el_torito as_mkisofs (example: xorriso -indev ubuntu-24.04.1-live-server-amd64.iso -report_el_torito as_mkisofs) By the way, sorry it took me over a month to make this video. Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/drewhowdentech/join