Deploying an Ubuntu VM
Posted: 16. Aug 2012, 20:30
I am currently deploying a piece of server software as an Ubuntu VM. Many of my end users are not computer geeks and even more have little or no experience of Linux so I'm trying to make the process as user friendly as possible.
At the moment the VM I distribute runs a script the first time a user boots the VM and asks various questions to get things set up. Many of these questions though are ones that are normally asked during the installation of the operating system e.g. language, keyboard layout, time zone, user name and password etc. My script largely works, but it's a long way from pretty.
I was wondering whether anyone could tell me if there is a way to rerun the relevant stages of the Ubuntu OS installation wizard. Also does anyone know what tools the Ubuntu guys use to create the pseudo-gui command line interface that is displayed during the OS installation? If not, does anyone know of a similar alternative?
Many thanks
Peter
At the moment the VM I distribute runs a script the first time a user boots the VM and asks various questions to get things set up. Many of these questions though are ones that are normally asked during the installation of the operating system e.g. language, keyboard layout, time zone, user name and password etc. My script largely works, but it's a long way from pretty.
I was wondering whether anyone could tell me if there is a way to rerun the relevant stages of the Ubuntu OS installation wizard. Also does anyone know what tools the Ubuntu guys use to create the pseudo-gui command line interface that is displayed during the OS installation? If not, does anyone know of a similar alternative?
Many thanks
Peter