OEM install support

[MairusuPawa]

Hello! Trying the Canary image for the first time now, I'm giving the new subiquity-based installer a go.

My use case is usually the following: I'm preparing a bunch of laptops to lend away at an association, with people give back a few months later; rince and repeat. To help with the setup, and since all users can personalize their laptops about as they wish too (naming, language preferences, etc), I tend to install Ubuntu in OEM mode first through Ventoy and a preseed file, with full disk encryption using a temporary password, and setting up a few applications such as a OpenVPN client and a Thunderbird mail account; then I handle the devices over.

At this moment in time, it seems the new installer does not support booting in OEM mode. When doing so, I am greeted by the regular user session. I have not seen any documentation about the preseed possibilities. From a few tests done on the server variant using cloud-init, I also have the impression that OEM mode and LUKS just are not supported by subiquity at all yet… so this might not be a trivial issue.

[kenvandine]

Thanks for the report. This is on our roadmap, but not complete yet.

[N0rbert]

Really needed.

[lucamosca1]

I managed using this procedure I wrote some time ago (sorry, it's in italian but should be easy to walk through) https://www.marcosbox.org/2020/06/ubuntu-installato-su-disco-esterno.html
You can prepare an OEM image and then flash it

[MairusuPawa]

This spam is completely unrelated to the issue at hand.