does not honor netcfg/choose_interface in preseed

Okay, so this one might be a little tricky...

Our preseed is coming in over http (via the url=http://... parameter in the kernel command line). That necessitates a network up.

I think what we'll need to do is to force the orchestra configuration to default the choose_interface to eth0, and document that this needs to be tweaked for any systems where that's not the case.

I'll leave Colin to comment on and validate/invalidated the debian-installer side.

This bug was fixed in the package orchestra - 2.16-0ubuntu1

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orchestra (2.16-0ubuntu1) oneiric; urgency=low

  [ Dustin Kirkland ]
  * debian/ubuntu-orchestra-logging-server.dirs, logging-
    server/etc/rsyslog.d/99-orchestra.conf:
    - fix logging directories, use Year-Month-Day, add an rsyslog subdir
  * logging-server/etc/rsyslog.d/99-orchestra.conf:
    - enable udp syslog for Ubuntu installation logging
  * provisioning-server/usr/sbin/orchestra-import-isos:
    - add installation syslogging config to kopts
  * provisioning-server/etc/orchestra/import_isos, provisioning-
    server/usr/sbin/orchestra-import-isos: LP: #855921
    - default to choosing eth0 interface, allow overrides; required
      for orchestra to work with multiple NIC systems

  [ Andres Rodriguez ]
  * Only install ubuntu-orchestra-client when deploying oneiric or above.
    Manually grab packages for lucid, maverick, natty. (LP: #855956)
    - orchestra_client_package: Snippet added.
    - juju.preseed: Modified preseed to use new snippet
 -- Andres Rodriguez <email address hidden> Tue, 27 Sep 2011 10:42:54 -0400

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Was this bug supposed to be resolved in Precise? I am able to reproduce it in 12.04-server.

+1 I am also encountering this bug in 12.04 server

I'm still having to set up the kopts for this to work, rather than specifying in the preseed on 12.04.

me also also

Hey Guys,
I just ran into this issue as well, but I don't think its a preseed issue. Instead it seems like an unavoidable misordering of operations. In order to get the preseed file, the installer needs to have an ip address, which it does not have right out of the gate, even though one is required in order to pxe boot in the first place. If you look at the order in which the installer runs things, it does network configuration a few steps before actually fetching the preseed file. I'm not sure what to do about that, just offering my observations.

We ran into this issue on 13.10 as well.

ooshlablu is correct. You cannot preseed network settings in a preseed file which the installer is loading from a network location, because the network needs to be configured before the preseed can be fetched.

The solution here is to pass the appropriate options on the kernel command line.

You can either preseed the interface value directly, or you can pass the BOOTIF option on the kernel command line, which netcfg will use.

If using pxelinux, the relevant option is "IPAPPEND 2". http://www.syslinux.org/wiki/index.php/SYSLINUX#SYSAPPEND_bitmask

I'll set this bug to status Invalid now, as it's actually a support request on how to set up automated PXE, rather than an actual bug.