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.Dd April 9, 2023
.Dt AUTOINSTALL.CONF 5
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm autoinstall.conf
.Nd automatic installation configuration
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm /etc/autoinstall.conf
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
configures
.Xr sysinstall 8
to do an automatic operating system
.Xr installation 7 .
.Pp
The system administrator can automate operating system installations by
following
.Xr release-iso-modification 7
to embed the
.Pa /etc/autoinstall.conf
file into the release cdrom filesystem.
Existing installations can similarly be automatically upgraded using
.Xr autoupgrade.conf 5 .
.Pp
Each line is formatted as
.Ar question Ns = Ns Ar answer
which provides an
.Ar answer
to a
.Ar question
asked during installation.
Alternatively
.Ar question Ns += Ns Ar answer
appends to an existing answer (if any) separated by a space, and
.Ar question Ns ++= Ns Ar answer
appends another line to an existing answer (if any).
Empty lines and lines starting with
.Sq #
are comments and are ignored.
Otherwise whitespace is significant.
The empty answer accepts the default answer (if any) and is different from no
answer, which makes
.Xr sysinstall 8
ask the question normally.
Installations can be made fully non-interactive using
.Sy accept_defaults .
.Pp
The questions in chronological order are as follows:
.Bl -tag -width "12345678"
.It Sy accept_defaults Ns "=" Ns Oo Sy no "|" yes Oc ( default Sy no )
Accept the default answer (if any) to questions that were not
configured in
.Nm .
This feature makes installations entirely automated even if unexpected questions
are asked, although the essential questions must be answered.
.It Sy countdown Ns "=" Ns Ar seconds No ( default Li 10 )
Count down for this many
.Ar seconds
with a warning that an automated installation is about to happen.
The countdown happens if the
.Sy ready
question is answered and either the
.Sy disked
or
.Sy confirm_install
questions are answered.
.It Sy ignore_missing_programs Ns "=" Ns Oo Sy no "|" yes Oc ( default Sy no )
Ignore if the installer environment does not have the needed ports installed.
This situation ordinarily does not happen.
ready
.It Sy ready Ns "=" Ns Ar affirmation
A human readable positive affirmation of your choice that you're ready to
install, useful for fully automated installations.
Not answering this question is useful for semi-automated installations where one
would acknowledge the installation before it's begun.
It also provides the opportunity to escape to a shell before installing.
.It Sy kblayout Ns "=" Ns Oo Sy default "|" Ar layout Oc ( default Sy default )
Switch to this keyboard
.Ar layout
using
.Xr chkblayout 1 .
The choice is set as the system default in
.Xr kblayout 5 .
.It Sy videomode Ns "=" Ns Oo Sy no "|" Sy yes "|" Ar WIDTH Ns x Ns Ar HEIGHT Ns x Ns Ar BPP Oc ( default Sy yes )
Interactively select a graphics resolution using
.Xr chvideomode 1
or non-interactively set it to the specified resolution.
The choice is set as the system default in
.Xr videomode 5 .
.El
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width "/etc/autoinstall.conf" -compact
.It Pa /etc/autoinstall.conf
Automatic installation configuration.
.El
.Sh EXAMPLES
.Bd -literal
accept_defaults=yes
ready=Automatically
kblayout=us
videomode=1280x720x32
grub=yes
grub_password=no
disked++=mktable mbr
disked++=mkpart
disked++=0%
disked++=100%
disked++=ext2
disked++=/
confirm_install=yes
hostname=dragon
password_hash_root=
finally=reboot
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr autoupgrade.conf 5 ,
.Xr upgrade.conf 5 ,
.Xr release-iso-modification 7 ,
.Xr upgrade 7 ,
.Xr sysupgrade 8 ,
.Xr tix 8