Secure Boot Setup

Felix Natter fnatter at gmx.net
Fri Jul 26 13:02:26 UTC 2024


Dear Ubuntu Experts,

I will roll out Ubuntu22.04 to about 12 workstations and I would like to
have a standard set of instructions to activate Secure Boot (most of the
computers, but not all, are the same model).

I read the Ubuntu Wiki on the topic [1], but I did not understand the
shim / signing stuff (and I don't want to dive deep because I do not
want to sign my own components).

Here is what I did:

- UEFI: csm=off, OS_Type=Windows 10 (NOT Other OS [2]), Secure Boot=on,
  clear sec. boot keys, install default sec. boot keys

- I install Ubuntu22.04 which asks for a Secure Boot password

- on reboot, a "MoKUtil" text ui opens which I think allows to "enroll
  keys" etc. and "continue". I do not want to sign a kernel / new
  modules, so I just chose "continue"(don't know if I got this right). I
  was _never_ prompted for the secure boot password given on installation.

- mokutils --sb-status says that SB is enabled.

- am I doing it wrong / is there a relatively easy how to for
  configuring Ubuntu22.04 with SB?

- is an upgrade to 24.04 later possible with SB enabled?

- is suspend possible (hibernation is not according to Debian wiki)?

- any other things that won't work beside those listed in the Debian
  wiki [3]?

Many Thanks and Best Regards,
Felix

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UEFI/SecureBoot

[2] I read that with OS_Type=Other OS is no longer recommended for
Ubuntu/Debian and gives only "Secure Boot light".

[3] https://wiki.debian.org/SecureBoot#Secure_Boot_limitations
-- 
Felix Natter





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