Ubuntu 22.04 Installation with UEFI mode

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Problem:
I already installed Ubuntu 22.04 with BIOS/Legacy mode.
I want to install Ubuntu 22.04 with UEFI mode.

I tried alot but UEFI templates available on Foreman, but I am unable to install Ubuntu 22.04 with UEFI mode. I already go through the Foreman doc, but I didn’t find much info on UEFI mode installation.
Expected outcome:
Request you to please provide the complete steps alongwith template names which will help me installtion Ubuntu 22.04 using UEFI mode.

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** Foreman Version: **

OS: debian
RELEASE: bullseye/sid
FOREMAN: 3.7.1
RUBY: ruby 2.7.0p0 (2019-12-25 revision 647ee6f091) [x86_64-linux-gnu]
PUPPET: 7.28.0

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Hi,

There is the storage part of my Ubuntu 22 template which works fine.
The ROOTDEV chain is replace by a early-command.

  storage:
    config:
# Partition table
<%- if @host.pxe_loader.include?('UEFI') -%>
    - { type: disk, path: /dev/ROOTDEV, ptable: gpt, wipe: superblock-recursive, preserve: false, name: '', grub_device: false, id: disk-sda }
    - { type: partition, number: 1, device: disk-sda, size: 512M, wipe: superblock, flag: boot, preserve: false, grub_device: true, id: part-efi }
    - { type: format, fstype: fat32, volume: part-efi, preserve: false, id: format-efi }
    - { type: partition, number: 2, device: disk-sda, size: 2G, wipe: superblock, flag: '', preserve: false, grub_device: false, id: part-boot }
    - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: part-boot, preserve: false, id: format-boot }  
    - { type: partition, number: 3, device: disk-sda, size: -1, wipe: superblock, flag: '', preserve: false, grub_device: false, id: part-vg00 }
<% else -%>
    - { type: disk, path: /dev/ROOTDEV, ptable: msdos, wipe: superblock-recursive, preserve: false, name: '', grub_device: true, id: disk-sda }
    - { type: partition, number: 1, device: disk-sda, size: 2G, wipe: superblock, flag: boot, preserve: false, grub_device: false, id: part-boot }
    - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: part-boot, preserve: false, id: format-boot }  
    - { type: partition, number: 2, device: disk-sda, size: -1, wipe: superblock, flag: '', preserve: false, grub_device: false, id: part-vg00 }  
<% end -%>
<%- if host_param_true?('crypt') -%>
    - { type: dm_crypt, volume: part-vg00, key: <%= crypt_pass %>, preserve: false, id: dm_crypt-0 }
    - { type: lvm_volgroup, name: vg00, devices: [ dm_crypt-0 ], preserve: false, id: lvm_vg00 }
<% else -%>
    - { type: lvm_volgroup, name: vg00, devices: [ part-vg00 ], preserve: false, id: lvm_vg00 }
<% end -%>
    - { type: lvm_partition, name: system, volgroup: lvm_vg00, size: 32G, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, id: lvm_part-root }
    - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: lvm_part-root, preserve: false, id: format-root }
    - { type: lvm_partition, name: var, volgroup: lvm_vg00, size: 10G, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, id: lvm_part-var }
    - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: lvm_part-var, preserve: false, id: format-var }
    - { type: lvm_partition, name: swap, volgroup: lvm_vg00, size: 4G, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, id: lvm_part-swap }
    - { type: format, fstype: swap, volume: lvm_part-swap, preserve: false, id: format-swap }
    - { type: lvm_partition, name: nobackup, volgroup: lvm_vg00, size: -1, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, id: lvm_part-nobackup }
    - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: lvm_part-nobackup, preserve: false, id: format-nobackup }
# Mount points
<%- if @host.pxe_loader.include?('UEFI') -%>
    - { path: /boot/efi, device: format-efi, type: mount, id: mount-efi }
<% end -%>
    - { path: /, device: format-root, type: mount, id: mount-root }
    - { path: /boot, device: format-boot, type: mount, id: mount-boot }
    - { path: /var, device: format-var, type: mount, id: mount-var }
    - { path: '', device: format-swap, type: mount, id: mount-swap }
    - { path: /nobackup, device: format-nobackup, type: mount, id: mount-nobackup }

Regards
JF

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Hi Jean-Francois,

is there a way to debug the subiquity (or what it’s called) installer?

I have the following:

storage:
  config:
  - { type: disk, path: /dev/sda, ptable: gpt, wipe: superblock-recursive, preserve: false, name: '', grub_device: false, id: disk-sda }
  - { type: partition, number: 1, device: disk-sda, size: 512M, wipe: superblock, flag: boot, preserve: false, grub_device: true, id: part-efi }
  - { type: format, fstype: fat32, volume: part-efi, preserve: false, id: format-efi }
  - { type: partition, number: 2, device: disk-sda, size: 2G, wipe: superblock, flag: '', preserve: false, grub_device: false, id: part-boot }
  - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: part-boot, preserve: false, id: format-boot }  
  - { type: partition, number: 3, device: disk-sda, size: -1, wipe: superblock, flag: '', preserve: false, grub_device: false, id: part-system }
  - { type: lvm_volgroup, name: system, devices: [ part-system ], preserve: false, id: lvm_system }
#  
  - { type: lvm_partition, name: system, volgroup: lvm_system, size: 10G, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, id: lvm_root }
  - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: lvm-root, preserve: false, id: format-root } 
  #
  - { type: lvm_partition, name: var, volgroup: lvm_system, size: 5G, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, id: lvm_var }
  - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: lvm-var, preserve: false, id: format-var }
  #
  - { type: lvm_partition, name: var_log, volgroup: lvm_system, size: 5G, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, id: lvm_var_log }
  - { type: format, fstype: ext4, volume: lvm-var-log, preserve: false, id: format-var-log }
  #
  - { type: lvm_partition, name: swap, volgroup: lvm_system, size: 4G, wipe: superblock, preserve: false, id: lvm_swap }
  - { type: format, fstype: swap, volume: lvm_swap, preserve: false, id: format-swap }
  #
  - { path: /boot/efi, device: format-efi, type: mount, id: mount-efi }
  #
  - { path: /, device: format-root, type: mount, id: mount-root }
  - { path: /boot, device: format-boot, type: mount, id: mount-boot }
  - { path: /var, device: format-var, type: mount, id: mount-var }
  - { path: /var/log, device: format-var-log, type: mount, id: mount-var-log }
  - { path: '', device: format-swap, type: mount, id: mount-swap }

and of course it does not work.
However, the installer log does not really give a clue why it does not work.

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Hi,
It’s not easy to debug with subiquity.
If the installer goes back to graphical interactive install, you can open a terminal and control what was done. If there is already a /autoinstall.yml and if partitioning was done.

Regard,
JF

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It has reminded me again just why I hate Ubuntu.

Anyway, there were apparently subtle naming inconsistencies that apparently threw off the installer and led it to just discard the whole thing.

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Did you get this working?

I’ve followed the documentation multiple times and had others check my work. AFAIK I have implemented everything correctly but I just get an error saying that my foreman server is a bad address.

Really disappointing that something vanilla is so hard to get working.

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The proxy needs to be in the trusted proxies list.

(I have proxies separated from the main foreman server)

And the file really needs to be a-ok.