Colin, thank you very much for your work on this issue and I'm currently testing https installs in our environment now. I had a question on how to properly set the installer to use a https mirror. The installer PXE configuration line I'm using is:
KERNEL pxelinux.cfg/kernel APPEND append initrd=pxelinux.cfg/initrd.img vga=normal fb=false auto=true priority=critical auto-install/enable=true debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated_ssl=true url=https://buildhost/trusty/preseed.cfg.pl media=https://buildhost/Ubuntu-14.04-amd64/ These are the stock kernel and initrd available for Ubuntu 14.04, and it's hitting a nightly sync'd mirror that's available on https://buildhost/Ubuntu-14.04-amd64/. This site has a self-signed certificate, which debian-installer/allow_unauthenticated_ssl=true allows us to download and use the preseed.cfg.pl over https. The base-install of packages still uses http however, which I can see by looking at the web server logs. I've tried the following based off of your Debian list emails (https://lists.debian.org/debian- boot/2014/02/msg00084.html): 1. Adding mirror/protocol=https in the append line, this results in the install prompting for a mirror 2. Adding debian-installer/mirror/protocol=https to the append line, this installs, but still goes over http 3. Adding d-i mirror/protocol string https in the preseed file, this has the same result as 1 I tried digging through the documentation for base-installer, debootstrap, and debian-installer, but other than the emails on the Debian list and change log entries, I couldn't find the exact syntax or place to tell the installer to use https for our custom mirror. This is possible, and if so could you provide the needed syntax in order for packages to go over https as well? Thank you. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1135163 Title: d-i can't install against an https mirror To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt-setup/+bug/1135163/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
