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| =====Introduction===== | =====Introduction===== | ||
| - | The i-MSCP preseeding feature allows to set answer to questions asked during the i-MSCP installation process, without having to manually enter the answers while the installation is running. This allow to achieve unattended installations, mostly for ISPs that want built server images with i-MSCP pre-installed. | + | The preseeding feature allows to preseed answers for the i-MSCP installer. This allows to make unattended i-MSCP installations. This feature is the suitable for ISPs which want provision their servers with i-MSCP pre-installed, or to developers that want setup their i-MSCP development environments using Vagrant. |
| =====Creating the preseed file===== | =====Creating the preseed file===== | ||
| - | The preseed file is a simple perl script filled with all needed answers. You can either pre-fill it with your own static values or use your own script to generate it according your own dynamic values. | + | The preseed file is a simple Perl script containing variables that must be filled with all needed answers. |
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| + | When creating a preseed file, you should start from a known good, default preseed file. A preseed file for the i-MSCP version you are using is located in the docs directory of the archive. | ||
| =====Adding the preseed file to the installer===== | =====Adding the preseed file to the installer===== | ||
| - | Once the preseed file is created, you must tell the installer to use it. This is achieved by simply running the installer with the preseed command line option such as: | + | Once the preseed file is ready for use, you must tell the installer to use it. This is achieved by running the i-MSCP installer as follows: |
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| + | # perl imscp-autoinstall --debug --verbose --noprompt --preseed path/to/preseed.pl | ||
| - | # perl <installer> -dnp <path_to_your_preseed_file> | ||
| - | Here, <installer> refers either to **imscp-autoinstall** and **imscp-setup** scripts. | ||
| - | =====Default preseed file===== | ||
| - | When creating a preseed file, you should start from a known good, default preseed file. A preseed file for the i-MSCP version you are using is located in the docs directory of the archive. | ||
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