[Bug 1801781] Re: Ubuntu Kickstart networking deprecated since v18.04+

[James Osborne]

Adding some information from my testing today with 18.04.3 server in a
KVM-based VM. In my kickstart file, I have the following line:

network --bootproto=static --device=52:54:00:14:32:fb --ip=10.10.20.251
--netmask=255.255.255.0 --gateway=10.10.20.1
--nameserver=10.10.20.1,1.1.1.1 --hostname=test6

Upon inspection of the VM, all the network configuration looks good
(except as below), and the hostname is set as well. I have network
connectivity.

However, the nameservers are not set in the netplan YAML file. If I
manually add them and apply the configuration, DNS works. I've also
checked /etc/resolv.conf and the requested configured name servers are
not present there either, so I'm not sure what kickstart is doing with
the parameters.

In summary, all network configuration apart from name servers seems to
be made successfully, but perhaps I'm doing something incorrect?

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Title:
  Ubuntu Kickstart networking deprecated since v18.04+

Status in system-config-kickstart package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Ubuntu Kickstart no longer works in performing unattended installs of
  Ubuntu Server 18.04+ (Bionic) because the networking configuration
  fails due to the original networking parameters being based on SystemV
  whereas Ubuntu 18.04+ uses Netplan YAML syntax. Kickstart remains an
  installable package in the repos for Ubuntu Artful, Bionic, and
  Cosmic, however it cannot perform the desired automated installs for
  post-Xenial distros.

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