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README.md

subiquity

Ubuntu Server Installer

Acquiring the installer from PPA

Request access to https://launchpad.net/~subiquity
View your private PPA subscriptions: https://launchpad.net/~LP_USERID/+archivesubscriptions
Select subiquity-dev
Add your private ppa

sudo apt-add-repository -y https://LPUSER:LPPASS@private-ppa.launchpad.net/subiquity/subiquity-dev/ubuntu

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 3D2F6C3B

Update apt and install subiquity

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install subiquity

Enable multiverse for UEFI testing in VM

sudo apt-add-repository multiverse

Testing out the Text-UI (TUI)

SUbiquity's text UI is is available for testing without actually installing anything to a system or a VM. Subiquity developers make use of this for rapid development. After installing subiquity you can start it:

subiquity --dry-run

All of the features are present in dry-run mode. The installer will emit it's backend configuration files to /tmp/subiquity-config-* but it won't attempt to run any installer commands (which would fail without root privileges). Further, subiquity can load other machine profiles in case you want to test out the installer without having access to the machine. A few sample machine profiles are available in the package at /usr/share/subiquity/examples/ and can be loaded via the --machine parameter:

subiquity --dry-run \ --machine /usr/share/subiquity/examples/desktop.json

Generating machine profiles

Machine profiles are generated from the probert tool. This package is also available in the Subiquity PPA. To collect a machine profile:

probert --all > mymachine.json

Acquire subiquity from source

git clone https://github.com/CanonicalLtd/subiquity

cd subiquity && make install_deps

Running the UI locally in dry-run mode (no VM)

make

Running the UI locally with a different machine profile (see examples/)

MACHINE=examples/desktop.json make

Building installer image

The build system will generate a bootable image. This image can be run inside a VM, or copied to an USB disk and booted directly.

make installer

The resulting build image is avaiable at installer/installer.img The installer image requires approximately 2G of space at this time.

Running installer locally in a VM

make run

Overide default values for installer build

make RELEASE=[wily, vivid, trusty] ARCH=[amd64, i386, armf, arm64, ppc64el] installer

make RELEASE=wily ARCH=arm64 run