debi

Setup Clean Debian OS for Your (Cloud) VPS

Step 1. (Todo)

Step 2. Run the Script

Replace following <OPTIONS> with your options.

sudo sh -c "$(wget -O - https://github.com/brentybh/debian-netboot/raw/master/netboot.sh)" -- <OPTIONS>

All Options

• -c <COUNTRY> Debian Installer Country. Default is US.
• -h <HOST> Hostname. Default is debian.
• -t <TRANSPORT> Transport protocol for archive mirror only (not security repo). Default is http. https and ftp is also available.
• -m <MIRROR> Host name for archive mirror only (not security repo). Default is deb.debian.org.
• -d <DIRECTORY> Directory path relative to root of the mirror. Default is /debian.
• -r <SUITE> Suite to install. Suite name (stable, testing, etc.) or releases code name (stretch, etc.) Default is stretch.
• -u <USERNAME> Username of admin account with sudo privilege. Default is debian.
• -p <PASSWORD> Password of the account. If not specified, it will be asked interactively.
• -z <TIMEZONE> Time zone. Default is UTC.
• -t <NTPSERVER> NTP server. Default is pool.ntp.org.
• -g <UPGRADE> Whether to upgrade packages after debootstrap. Default is full-upgrade. none and safe-upgrade is also available.
• -s <SECURITY> Custom URL for security repository mirror. Default is http://security.debian.org/debian-security.
• -l Security mirror linking. If the option present, security repository will be setup as same as the archive mirror instead of security.debian.org.

Chinese Special

If -c CN is used, Chinese Special options will be setup for good connectivity and experience against GFW.

• Default archive mirror is https://chinanet.mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/debian.
• Default security mirror is https://chinanet.mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/debian-security.
• Default time zone is Asia/Shanghai.
• Default NTP server is ntp1.aliyun.com.
• All custom settings will override above defaults.
• Security mirror linking (-l) will be turned on and can't be turned off. Specify separate security mirror by -s option.

Finally, reboot and enter Debian Installer. It will setup all things automatically.