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+* UDIB
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+=UDIB= is the /unattended debian installation (image) builder/.
+As the name would suggest, it is a tool which builds a debian installation image which, if used to boot from, installs the *latest stable release* of Debian Linux to the machine without any user interaction required whatsoever.
+Configuration of the installed system takes place while building the image using =UDIB=.
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+** Prerequisites
+
+*** Target machine
+
+Any target machine on which you wish to install Debian using images built using =UDIB= must fulfil the following requirements:
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+- *Architecture:* An x64-amd CPU
+- *Network access:* an ethernet connection with internet access (/wifi does not work/)
+
+*** Build machine
+
+=UDIB= has the following dependencies, installed on and in the ~$PATH~ of the machine on which you build your image:
+
+- =python3= /(3.10.4 known to work)/
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+- =xorriso= /(1.5.4 known to work)/
+  - part of [[https://packages.debian.org/bullseye/xorriso][xorriso]] on Debian bullseye
+  - part of [[https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/libisoburn/][extra/libisoburn]] on Arch Linux
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+- =gpg= /(2.2.32 known to work)/
+
+Internet access is required so that =UDIB= can download the Debian installation image.
+
+** How it works
+
+=UDIB= does the following:
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+1. download the latest debian stable installation ISO
+2. verify integrity and authenticity of the obtained ISO
+3. extract the ISO
+4. interactively build a preseed configuration for the debian installer
+5. inject the preseed configuration into the ISO's initrd
+6. repack the modified ISO
+
+*** Preseeding
+
+The Debian project provides a well-written and detailed [[https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/amd64/apb.en.html][official guide]] on how preseeding works, and how to implement it. The Debian wiki offers a [[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed][quick overview]] of preseeding as well.
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+Example preseeding configurations are provided as well. The [[https://www.debian.org/releases/stable/example-preseed.txt][basic example]] is what =UDIB= is based on, but much more detailed preseeding is also possible, as seen in the [[https://preseed.debian.net/debian-preseed/bullseye/amd64-main-full.txt][full example]].
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+*** ISO repacking
+
+The Debian wiki provides both a [[https://wiki.debian.org/DebianInstaller/Preseed/EditIso#Adding_a_Preseed_File_to_the_Initrd][basic guide]] and a [[https://wiki.debian.org/RepackBootableISO][detailed guide]] on repacking debian installation images with the preseed file (and other files) contained within.
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