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VM's: run first-boot units without debconf dialogs - #121
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A first-boot script that calls apt let needrestart draw its kernel-upgrade dialog on the serial console, where whiptail then gave up with Perl warnings. The unit sets DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive and needrestart's automatic mode for every script.
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Try this branchThe engine and the scripts resolve independently, so a production script can COMMUNITY_SCRIPTS_CORE_URL=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/core/fix/firstboot-noninteractive \
bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/ProxmoxVE/main/ct/debian.sh)"Swap Run a script from a fork as wellcurl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/core/fix/firstboot-noninteractive/tools/run.sh |
bash -s -- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/YOU/DevScripts/your-branch ct/debian.sh \
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/community-scripts/core/fix/firstboot-noninteractiveNote that Useful flags while testing
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A first-boot script that runs apt (Waydroid, NetBird's Docker install) let needrestart draw its "Pending kernel upgrade" dialog on the serial console; whiptail then failed with "Failed to open terminal" and Perl warnings. The generated unit now carries
Environment=DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive NEEDRESTART_MODE=a NEEDRESTART_SUSPEND=1, so this holds for every first-boot script without each having to set it.Covered in
tests/vm-helpers.sh; the unit passessystemd-analyze verify.