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Ubuntu/Debian Preseeding with LVM

When you have your ubuntu or debian splash screen hit “tab”
then append:

auto url=http://mywebserver/mypreseed.cfg

You can use this example to bring up a quick webserver to server your preseed file: Python Simple HTTP Server

You’ll still probably be prompted for all the locale information because that is requested BEFORE debian/ubuntu loads the preseed configuration. ( yes , dumb i know ). These are the settings that don’t get pulled in.

# keyboard and locale settings
####################################################################

d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select sg-latin1

# networking
####################################################################

d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean false
d-i netcfg/get_hostname string localhost
d-i netcfg/get_domain string localdomain
d-i netcfg/choose_interface select eth0

You can get around this by rebuilding your boot cdrom or doing a pxe install that loads all the info ahead of time.

Example

auto url=http://mywebserver/mypreseed.cfg \
locale=en_US console-keymaps-at/keymap=sg-latin1 \
interface=eth0 hostname=localhost domain=localdomain --

Now for actually making your preseed config

Setup Locale info

d-i     debian-installer/locale string en_US
d-i     console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i     time/zone string UTC
d-i     debian-installer/splash boolean false
d-i     debian-installer/language string en
d-i     debain-installer/country string US
d-i     console-keymaps-at/keymap select sg-latin1

Setup Your Networking

d-i     netcfg/get_nameservers  string 192.168.1.5
d-i     netcfg/get_ipaddress    string 192.168.1.10
d-i     netcfg/get_netmask      string 255.255.255.0
d-i     netcfg/get_gateway      string 192.168.1.1
d-i     netcfg/confirm_static   boolean true
d-i     netcfg/get_hostname string tempnode
d-i     netcfg/get_domain string localdomain

Setup your Repository and what directory in the repo to look for your install files

d-i     mirror/country string manual
d-i     mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
d-i     mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i     mirror/http/proxy string

Partition Your disks and set them up as lvm

d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm_span boolean true
d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device  boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string system

Setup your logical Volumes in LVM and also non-lvm partitions
This will make
* BEWARE OF YOUR FORMATTING OF THIS PART – IT IS SUPER SENSITIVE

/boot : is a bootable filesystem with 300mb and ext3
/ : Is between 10GB and grows to the end of the disk and ext3
swap : uses 200% of the size of system ram for a disk or 8GB

#d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \
#  select Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \
      boot-root ::                                            \
              40 300 300 ext3                                 \
                      $primary{ }                             \
                      $bootable{ }                            \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }    \
                      mountpoint{ /boot }                     \
              .                                               \
              2000 10000 1000000000 ext3                      \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }    \
                      mountpoint{ / }                         \
              .                                               \
              8000 8000 200% linux-swap                       \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ swap } format{ }                \
              .

Here’s another LVM Example

d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \
      boot-root ::                                            \
              40 300 300 ext4                                 \
                      $primary{ }                             \
                      $bootable{ }                            \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ /boot }                     \
              .                                               \
              2000 10000 1000000000 ext4                      \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ / }                         \
              .                                               \
              2000 1000 10000 ext4                            \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ /var }                      \
              .                                               \
              2000 1000 60000 ext4                            \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ /var/lib/mysql }                      \
              .                                               \
              2000 1000 30000 ext4                            \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 }    \
                      mountpoint{ /www }                      \
              .                                               \
              8000 8000 200% linux-swap                       \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ swap } format{ }                \
              .

Answer yes to all the partition and LVM prompts

d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true

Setup your Time Zone info

d-i     clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i     clock-setup/ntp boolean true
d-i     clock-setup/ntp-server  string ntp.ubuntu.com
d-i     time/zone string US/Los_Angeles

Setup Root and First User info

d-i     base-installer/kernel/image     string linux-server
d-i     passwd/root-login       boolean true
d-i     passwd/root-password-crypted    password $1$VuPOoDRD$seX.C54E8TUdMkaAmKvjx0
d-i     passwd/user-fullname string Ubuntu User
d-i     passwd/username string ubuntu
d-i     passwd/user-password-crypted password $1$NvFY8IuR$BGqOozSN91ljvQB.pVLDw.
d-i     user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
d-i     user-setup/allow-password-weak  boolean true
d-i     passwd/user-default-groups      string adm cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

Miscellaneous Stuffage

d-i     apt-setup/services-select       multiselect security
d-i     debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated  string true
d-i     pkgsel/upgrade  select safe-upgrade
d-i     pkgsel/language-packs   multiselect
d-i     pkgsel/update-policy    select none
d-i     pkgsel/updatedb boolean true
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, openssh-server
d-i     grub-installer/skip     boolean false
d-i     lilo-installer/skip     boolean false
d-i     grub-installer/only_debian      boolean true
d-i     grub-installer/with_other_os    boolean false
d-i     finish-install/keep-consoles    boolean false
d-i     finish-install/reboot_in_progress       note
d-i     cdrom-detect/eject      boolean true
d-i     debian-installer/exit/halt      boolean false
d-i     debian-installer/exit/poweroff  boolean false

Choose your packages to install

d-i     pkgsel/include string vim openssh-server

What it looks like as one file:

d-i     debian-installer/locale string en_US
d-i     console-setup/ask_detect boolean false
d-i     time/zone string UTC
d-i     debian-installer/splash boolean false
d-i     debian-installer/language string en
d-i     debain-installer/country string US
d-i     netcfg/get_nameservers  string 192.168.1.5
d-i     netcfg/get_ipaddress    string 192.168.1.10
d-i     netcfg/get_netmask      string 255.255.255.0
d-i     netcfg/get_gateway      string 192.168.1.1
d-i     netcfg/confirm_static   boolean true
d-i     netcfg/get_hostname string tempnode
d-i     mirror/country string manual
d-i     mirror/http/hostname string http.us.debian.org
d-i     mirror/http/directory string /debian
d-i     mirror/http/proxy string
d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm_span boolean true
d-i partman-auto/purge_lvm_from_device  boolean true
d-i partman-auto-lvm/new_vg_name string system
#d-i partman-auto/init_automatically_partition \
#  select Guided - use entire disk and set up LVM
d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                         \
      boot-root ::                                            \
              40 300 300 ext3                                 \
                      $primary{ }                             \
                      $bootable{ }                            \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }    \
                      mountpoint{ /boot }                     \
              .                                               \
              2000 10000 1000000000 ext3                      \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ format } format{ }              \
                      use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext3 }    \
                      mountpoint{ / }                         \
              .                                               \
              8000 8000 200% linux-swap                       \
                      $lvmok{ }                               \
                      method{ swap } format{ }                \
              .

d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
d-i partman/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
d-i partman/choose_partition select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk
d-i partman/confirm boolean true
d-i     clock-setup/utc boolean true
d-i     clock-setup/ntp boolean true
d-i     clock-setup/ntp-server  string ntp.ubuntu.com
d-i     time/zone string US/Los_Angeles
d-i     base-installer/kernel/image     string linux-server
d-i     base-installer/kernel/image     string linux-server
d-i     passwd/root-login       boolean true
d-i     passwd/root-password-crypted    password $1$VuPOoDRD$seX.C54E8TUdMkaAmKvjx0
d-i     passwd/user-fullname string Ubuntu User
d-i     user-setup/allow-password-weak  boolean true
d-i     user-setup/encrypt-home boolean false
d-i     passwd/user-default-groups      string adm cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare
d-i     apt-setup/services-select       multiselect security
d-i     debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated  string true
d-i     pkgsel/upgrade  select safe-upgrade
d-i     pkgsel/language-packs   multiselect
d-i     pkgsel/update-policy    select none
d-i     pkgsel/updatedb boolean true
popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, openssh-server
d-i     grub-installer/skip     boolean false
d-i     lilo-installer/skip     boolean false
d-i     grub-installer/only_debian      boolean true
d-i     grub-installer/with_other_os    boolean false
d-i     finish-install/keep-consoles    boolean false
d-i     finish-install/reboot_in_progress       note
d-i     cdrom-detect/eject      boolean true
d-i     debian-installer/exit/halt      boolean false
d-i     debian-installer/exit/poweroff  boolean false
d-i     pkgsel/include string vim openssh-server

Info for this was stolen here ( Thanks ):
http://cptyesterday.wordpress.com/2012/06/17/notes-on-using-expert_recipe-in-debianubuntu-preseed-files/

Preseed Example files found here:

https://github.com/cookingclouds/Preseed

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Migrating Chef CouchDB to Multi-Master CouchDB

* assuming you are using ubuntu/debian
chef-server = 192.168.1.10
couchdb01 = 192.168.1.11
couchdb02 = 192.168.1.12

Enable chef-server couchdb to listen on all interfaces

root@chefserver:~# sed -i bak s/bind_address = 127.0.0.1/bind_address = 0.0.0.0/g /etc/couchdb/default.ini
root@chefserver:~# /etc/init.d/couchdb restart

Install CouchDB on couchdb01/couchdb02 and set to listen on all interfaces

root@couchdb01:~# apt-get -y install couchdb
root@couchdb01:~# /etc/init.d/couchdb stop
root@couchdb01:~# sed -i bak s/bind_address = 127.0.0.1/bind_address = 0.0.0.0/g /etc/couchdb/default.ini
root@couchdb01:~# /etc/init.d/couchdb start

Create the empty chef table on couchdb01/couchdb02

root@couchdb01:~# curl -X PUT http://localhost:5984/chef
{"ok":true}

root@couchdb02:~# curl -X PUT http://localhost:5984/chef
{"ok":true}

Push the chef table from chef-server to couchdb01/02 and enable a continuous replication

To Couchdb02

root@chef-server:/var/lib/couchdb# curl -X POST http://localhost:5984/_replicate -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"source":"chef","target":"http://192.168.1.12:5984/chef","continuous":true}'
{"ok":true,"_local_id":"77f057c373dca43097fac542c367b24f"}

To Couchdb01

root@chef-server:~# curl -X POST http://localhost:5984/_replicate -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"source":"chef","target":"http://192.168.1.11:5984/chef","continuous":true}'
{"ok":true,"_local_id":"e926c9297e5776db862ae3c1be27bbde"}

Setup the multi-master replication for couchdb01/02

Enable continuous replication FROM couchdb01 to couchdb02

root@couchdb01:/var/lib/couchdb# curl -X POST http://localhost:5984/_replicate -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"source":"chef","target":"http://192.168.1.12:5984/chef","continuous":true}'
{"ok":true,"_local_id":"77f057c373dca43097fac542c367b24f"}

Enable continuous replication FROM couchdb02 to couchdb01

root@couchdb02:/var/lib/couchdb# curl -X POST http://localhost:5984/_replicate -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"source":"chef","target":"http://192.168.1.11:5984/chef","continuous":true}'
{"ok":true,"_local_id":"77f057c373dca43097fac542c367b24f"}

Install Apache and generate config on Chef Server

root@chefserver:~# apt-get -y install apache2
root@chefserver:~# mkdir -p /usr/share/chef-server/public
root@chefserver:~# for i in rewrite proxy status proxy_http proxy_balancer headers ; do a2enmod $i ; done
root@chefserver:~# cd /etc/apache2/sites-available
root@chefserver:~# echo "Listen 5984" | tee -a chef_couchdb_loadbalancer
root@chefserver:~# echo '<VirtualHost *:5984>' | tee -a chef_couchdb_loadbalancer
root@chefserver:~# MYHOST=$(hostname -f)
root@chefserver:~# echo "ServerName ${MYHOST}-couchdb" |tee -a chef_couchdb_loadbalancer
root@chefserver:~# cat>>chef_couchdb_loadbalancer<<EOF
<Proxy balancer://couchlb>
BalancerMember http://192.168.1.11:5984
BalancerMember http://192.168.1.12:5984
</Proxy>
ProxyPass / balancer://couchlb
ProxyPassReverse / balancer://couchlb
DocumentRoot /usr/share/chef-server/public
LogLevel info
ErrorLog /var/log/chef/chef_couchdb_apache2-error.log
CustomLog /var/log/chef/chef_couchdb_apache2-access.log combined
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{DOCUMENT_ROOT}/%{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^/(.*)$ balancer://couchlb%{REQUEST_URI} [P,QSA,L]
</VirtualHost>
EOF

Stop Couchdb on Chef-Server

*This will stop the continuous replication to couchdb01/couchdb02

root@chefserver:~# /etc/init.d/couchdb stop

Start Apache load balancer on Chef-Server

root@chefserver:~# a2ensite chef_couchdb_loadbalancer
root@chefserver:~# /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Test your couchdb balancer:

http:://192.168.1.10:5984/_utils

You probably also want to edit your init scripts on couchdb01/02 to automatically restart the continuous replication upon start or restart
The replication does not persist after you stop a couchdb instance unless you explicitly issue the command again

Chef Server – Debian/Ubuntu Install

* Please make sure to change “mynewpassword” to whatever password you want to use.

$ apt-get -y install lsb-release wget debconf-utils
$ echo "deb http://apt.opscode.com/ `lsb_release -cs`-0.10 main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opscode.list
$ gpg --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 83EF826A
$ gpg --export packages@opscode.com | tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/opscode-keyring.gpg > /dev/null
$ cat>answerfile<<EOF
chef-server-webui chef-server-webui/admin_password password mynewpassword
chef-solr chef-solr/amqp_password password mynewpassword
EOF
$ url=`hostname -f` ; echo "chef chef/chef_server_url string http://$url:4000" |tee -a answerfile
$ debconf-set-selections ./answerfile
$ echo "deb http://www.rabbitmq.com/debian/ testing main" |tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
$ wget http://www.rabbitmq.com/rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc
$ apt-key add rabbitmq-signing-key-public.asc
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get -y install chef-server opscode-keyring

Login at http://hostname:4040/
Username: admin
# This is the password you set in the answerfile above
Password: mynewpassword