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Determining the minimum set of packages while building a customized Ubuntu install CD

I am customizing an Ubuntu install CD. The requirements are that everything needed be included on the CD. I'd also like to remove everything that's not needed. The use case is not a general purpose PC, but more of a Kiosk/Appliance. What I need is a…
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Unattend installation not working - "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one"

I can't seem to get an unattended installation to work it fails with: "We couldn't create a new partition or locate an existing one. For more information, see the Setup log files."
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Can Windows domain administrator selectively allow some setup files to be installed (updated) by the users without elevated rights (mass deployment)?

I am producing installation files for my program with InnoSetup - result is an exe installation file that contains the software exe and some additional files. Usually the administartor rights are required to install or update the program using such…
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Run batch script at first logon in Windows automated Installation

I am doing unattended Windows installation with few initialization script having setups to install like python and java. I added the script path under FirstLogonCommands as shown here FirstLogon Whenever the Windows is about to complete, the First…
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Ubuntu preseed partman-auto with a ssd end a lvm on RAID

I'm trying to preseed an Ubuntu 16.04 on a SuperMicro server which has one 32 GiB SSD and two 1TB disks in RAID1 I configured in BIOS. My goal is to have this partitions: SSD: 2GB /boot 1 or 2GB swap 28GB / Raid: One lvm partition that fills the…
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Powercli Build and install VM from ISO

I assume this would be easy. However i cannot get powercli latest to mount a cd with an iso and boot from the ISO to install the OS(windows). $NewVMParams = @{ 'VMHost' = 'MyESX1' 'Name' = 'TestMount_Auto' 'Datastore' = 'VMFSLun01' …
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Automated install using preesed - grub confirmation message issue

I am performing an automated install of a custom ubuntu 14.04 server using a combination of preseed and kickstart methods. Everything is fine except the annoying grub confirmation message as shown below: The kickstart file: #Generated by Kickstart…
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Where is my gcloud database

This'll be a settling in problem: I've created a wordpress site using gcloud's installer. I can see my files but not my database. I expected the database to be sitting in https://console.cloud.google.com/sql/instances but it's not there. Where…
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How to remotely install CentOS in a bare metal machine

I am from software development background, and as such not much exposure to admin aspects of the server. I have a particular need. From my server how can I remotely install CentOS in bare-metal machine. The machine where I intend to install the…
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Is it possible to install software remotely on my clients via a application running on my server, having the installs be triggered by HTTP requests?

First, I have to say that I have no experience with servers or infrastructure whatsoever. Here's the situation, basically I have a huge number of client machines that I want to quickly deploy software to. These clients run Windows and are connected…
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Automated Windows Server 2012 R2 installation

I got this assignment to automate a the setup of a test lab. The requirements are pretty harsh in my opinion: Everything has to be contained in one Powershell script. The required ISO's have to be downloaded from the microsoft download page. Once…
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How can I propagate IIS settings across multiple servers in AD?

I have an active domain with about 20 machines, each running some applications we have setup. We need to set up IIS on these machines to serve files that some of these applications are outputting. In the server manager on the active directory…
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Unattended install of PostgreSQL 9.5 on Windows, modifying config files

I'd like to perform an unattended installation of PostgreSQL 9.5 on a number of Windows 7 machines, ideally by assigning an MSI via Group Policy. There seems to be no MSI file, but the EnterpriseDB EXE installer supports "--mode unattended". That…
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"clientless" rdp session to windows 7 professional

I am currently automating the installation of a legacy windows 7 application, that requires a desktop session on the target machine. We are currently setting up automated testing system (using Jenkins) that requires that the desktop app be started…
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Serve isolinux.cfg from a network location

Is it possible to configure a boot ISO to pull its menu over the network? I'd like to have an install iso which could be dynamically reconfigured to install different versions of my distribution. I'd prefer HTTP but could live with a TFTP derivative…
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