Working preseed version. (At least for the VM)

input.cfg

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#### Contents of the preconfiguration file (for buster)
 ### Localization
 # Preseeding only locale sets language, country and locale.
 d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
@@ -31,9 +30,9 @@ d-i netcfg/wireless_wep string
 d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true
 
 ### Wifi settings
-d-i netcfg/wireless_essid CLC-Guest
+#d-i netcfg/wireless_essid CLC-Guest
-d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type wpa
+#d-i netcfg/wireless_security_type wpa
-d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa OneChurch!
+#d-i netcfg/wireless_wpa OneChurch!
 
 ### Mirror settings
 # If you select ftp, the mirror/country string does not need to be set.
@@ -66,6 +65,7 @@ d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
 
 
 ### Partitioning
+#Tell disk to use lvm and bypasss confirmations to clear previous lvm, raid.
 d-i partman-auto/method string lvm
 d-i partman-auto-lvm/guided_size string max
 d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
@@ -73,20 +73,17 @@ d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
 d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
 d-i partman-lvm/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
 
+#Default partition map all files in one partition
 d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select atomic
 
+#Tell partman to go without confirmation
 d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
 d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
 d-i partman/confirm boolean true
 d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
 
-d-i partman-md/confirm boolean true
+#Force UEFI
-d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
+#d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
-d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
-d-i partman/confirm boolean true
-d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
-
-d-i partman-efi/non_efi_system boolean true
 
 ### Base system installation
 
@@ -96,7 +93,7 @@ d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean true
 d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean true
 
 ### Package selection
-#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, web-server, kde-desktop
+#tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard, gnome
 
 # Individual additional packages to install
 #d-i pkgsel/include string openssh-server build-essential
@@ -106,6 +103,9 @@ d-i pkgsel/include string firmware-iwlwifi openssh-server curl vlc timeshift
 # Allowed values: none, safe-upgrade, full-upgrade
 #d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none
 
+#Skip popularity contest
+popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
+
 ### Boot loader installation
 # This is fairly safe to set, it makes grub install automatically to the MBR
 # if no other operating system is detected on the machine.
@@ -117,9 +117,9 @@ d-i grub-installer/with_other_os boolean true
 
 # Due notably to potential USB sticks, the location of the MBR can not be
 # determined safely in general, so this needs to be specified:
-d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string /dev/sda
+#d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string /dev/sda
 # To install to the first device (assuming it is not a USB stick):
-#d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string default
+d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
 
 # Use the following option to add additional boot parameters for the
 # installed system (if supported by the bootloader installer).
@@ -131,6 +131,9 @@ d-i grub-installer/bootdev  string /dev/sda
 # Avoid that last message about the install being complete.
 d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
 
+#eject install cd
+d-i cdrom-detect/eject boolean false
+
 #### Advanced options
 ### Running custom commands during the installation
 

multissh/multish.sh

@@ -1,12 +1,21 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 CMD=$1
 
+if ! command -v parallel-ssh &> /dev/null
+then
+    echo "parallel-ssh could not be found. Attempting to aquire from the repo."
+    sudo apt install pssh
+    echo ""
+fi
+
 echo -e "You are about to run \e[1;32m$CMD\e[0m on all hosts."
 
 run () {
     if grep -q "sudo" <<< "$CMD"; then
         echo "sudo command detected. Attempting to elevate permissions"
-        parallel-ssh -A -i -x '-tt' -t 0 -h pssh_hosts -l ansible "echo 'ansible' | $CMD && history -c"
+        echo "Please enter your sudo password."
+        read -s SUDOPASS
+        parallel-ssh -A -i -x '-tt' -t 0 -h pssh_hosts -l ansible "echo '$SUDOPASS' | $CMD && history -c"
     else
         parallel-ssh -A -i -x '-tt' -h pssh_hosts -l ansible "$CMD && history -c"
     fi

passwd.cfg

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #EXAMPLE PASSWD config file
 #rename to .passwd.cfg and add a crypt(3) hash password
-rootpassword=notarealpassword
+roothash=notarealpassword
-userpasswort=12345
+userhash=12345

preseedserver.sh

@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ fi
 
 LOCALIP=$(hostname -I)
 
-. .passwd.cfg
+source .passwd.cfg
+
+[ -d "webdir" ] && echo "Old config found. Removing." && rm -r webdir
 
 #copy the pre-preseed file and update the passwords from the .passwd.cfg file
 mkdir webdir