**preseed_root_password** (string, optional, ``root``)

  Initial password that should be set for the server during the installation.

**preseed_server_overrides** (string, optional, ``{}``)

  A dictionary consisting out of one or more entries where individual values for

  preseed files can be overridden per-server. Each entry's key should be the

  name of the server, as specified in the inventory. Each value should also be a

  dictionary, where valid keys are: ``country``, ``dns``, ``domain``,

  ``gateway``, ``hostname``, ``ip``, ``keymap``, ``language``, ``locale``,

  ``mirror_directory``, ``mirror_hostname``, ``mirror_proxy``, ``netmask``,

  ``network_auto``, ``network_interface``, ``root_password``,

  ``timezone``. These have the same meaning as their ``preseed_`` counterparts.

**preseed_timezone** (string, optional, ``Europe/Stockholm``)

  Timezone that should be used when calculating server time. It is assumed that

  the local hardware clock is set to UTC.

Distribution compatibility

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Role is compatible with the following distributions:

- Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Examples

~~~~~~~~

Here is an example configuration for a preseed file that sets some global

defaults to be used for all servers, and then overrides it for one server:

.. code-block:: yaml

  ---

  ansible_key: {{ lookup('file', '~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub') }}

  preseed_country: UK

  preseed_directory: /var/www/preseed

  preseed_keymap: UK

  preseed_language: en

  preseed_locale: en_UK.UTF-8

  preseed_mirror_directory: /debian

  preseed_mirror_hostname: ftp.uk.debian.org

  preseed_mirror_proxy: ""

  preseed_network_auto: yes

  preseed_network_interface: eth0

  preseed_root_password: secret

---

galaxy_info:

  author: Branko Majic

  description: Generates preseed files for Debian

  license: BSD

  min_ansible_version: 2.9

  platforms:

    - name: Debian

      versions:

        - 11

---

ansible_key: MY_ANSIBLE_KEY

preseed_directory: "/tmp/preseed_files/"

preseed_server_overrides:

  parameters-optional-with-overrides-bullseye:

    country: RS

    dns: 1.1.1.1

    domain: example.com

    gateway: 2.2.2.2

    hostname: testing

    ip: 3.3.3.3

    keymap: sv

    language: sr

    locale: en_UK.UTF-8

    mirror_directory: /

    mirror_hostname: ftp.de.debian.org

    mirror_proxy: http://proxy.local

    netmask: 255.255.0.0

    network_auto: false

    network_interface: eth1

    root_password: myrootpassword

    timezone: Europe/Belgrade

    box: debian/bullseye64

    memory: 256

    cpus: 1

    provider_raw_config_args:

      - "customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--paravirtprovider', 'minimal']"

  - name: parameters-optional-bullseye

    groups:

      - parameters-optional

    box: debian/bullseye64

    memory: 256

    cpus: 1

    provider_raw_config_args:

      - "customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--paravirtprovider', 'minimal']"

  - name: parameters-optional-with-overrides-bullseye

    groups:

      - parameters-optional-with-overrides

    box: debian/bullseye64

    memory: 256

    cpus: 1

    provider_raw_config_args:

      - "customize ['modifyvm', :id, '--paravirtprovider', 'minimal']"

provisioner:

  name: ansible

  config_options:

    defaults:

      force_valid_group_names: "ignore"

      interpreter_python: "/usr/bin/python3"

    ssh_connection:

      pipelining: "True"

  lint:

    name: ansible-lint

scenario:

  name: default

verifier:

  name: testinfra

  lint:

    name: flake8