Install Ubuntu Desktop from ISO

This is only supported in DeployR Enterprise. Applies to: DeployR 1.1 and later.

The Install Ubuntu Desktop from ISO step is used to perform an unattended installation of Ubuntu Desktop using an ISO file that has been added to DeployR as a content item. The flags on this content item must be marked to "Allow Anonymous Read" since this file is downloaded by the Linux kernel without authentication. Note that the entire ISO will be downloaded into a RAMdisk, so the memory available on the machine must be large enough; 12-16GB is recommended.

In addition to the ISO, a second content item containing the initrd and vmlinuz files extracted by the ISO. These can be found in the "casper" subdirectory in the ISO.

This is supported for Ubuntu Desktop 23.04 and later releases.

Specify the storage layout to use and the user account name that should be created. The password for that account can be stored as a secret named "AdminPassword". If the secret is not configured, the AdminPassword task sequence variable value will be used. If that value is blank, a random 32-character password will be generated.

Choose a storage layout as well. If selecting lvm, LUKS encryption can also be enabled by specifying the LUKS passphrase that should be used to unlock the device; Linux will automatically prompt for this value during the boot process.