Attempt to build Debian 8 Box

debian-babelbox.json

@@ -2,15 +2,36 @@
     "builders": [{
         "type": "virtualbox-iso",
         "guest_os_type": "Debian",
-        "iso_url": "http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/7.7.0/i386/iso-cd/debian-7.7.0-i386-netinst.iso",
-        "iso_checksum": "55312b562c4559187bb175959eacb783ab3ab15ff882bd6ad171e8159850a767",
+        "iso_url": "http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-cd/debian-8.3.0-i386-netinst.iso",
+        "iso_checksum": "f270d1ffa0f9472464bfc0fffa7ac3ddc89abb5786eb02454f26e49f143b01d6",
         "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
         "ssh_username": "demo",
         "ssh_password": "babelbox",
-        "ssh_wait_timeout": "30s",
+        "ssh_wait_timeout": "1800s",
         "shutdown_command": "echo 'packer' | sudo -S shutdown -P now",
-        "disk_size": 8192,
+        "disk_size": 10240,
         "headless": false,
-        "http_directory": "http"
+        "http_directory": "http",
+        "boot_command": [
+            "<esc><wait>",
+            "install <wait>",
+            "debian-installer=en_US <wait>",
+            "auto <wait>",
+            "locale=en_US <wait>",
+            "kbd-chooser/method=us <wait>",
+            "netcfg/get_hostname={{ .Name }} <wait>",
+            "netcfg/get_domain=demo.local <wait>",
+            "fb=false <wait>",
+            "console-setup/ask_detect=false <wait>",
+            "console-keymaps-at/keymap=us <wait>",
+            "keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap=us <wait>",
+            "<enter><wait>"
+        ],
+        "boot_wait": "5s",
+        "vm_name": "babelbox-jessie",
+        "vboxmanage": [
+            ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--memory", "512"],
+            ["modifyvm", "{{.Name}}", "--cpus", "1"]
+        ]
     }]
 }

http/preseed.cfg

@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
+d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8, de_DE.UTF-8
+d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
+d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
+d-i mirror/country string manual
+d-i mirror/http/hostname string http.debian.net
+d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
+d-i mirror/http/proxy string
+d-i passwd/root-login boolean false
+d-i passwd/user-fullname string Babelbox Demo User
+d-i passwd/username string demo
+d-i passwd/user-password-crypted password $6$M0jXQ0qT0W$4aZR9JeivSUot1WpUv5elFOEz2lZ6D4a67NMu40OR3ocHeDQIN.bkBV/JAGINgZ9tp.yLQL7wGGhLM2ZJZ9Mp/
+d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
+d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean false
+d-i time/zone string Europe/Berlin
+debconf debconf/frontend string Noninteractive
+
+d-i partman-auto/disk string /dev/sda
+d-i partman-lvm/purge_lvm_from_device boolean true
+d-i partman-lvm/device_remove_lvm boolean true
+d-i partman-md/device_remove_md boolean true
+d-i partman-lvm/confirm boolean true
+d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
+#d-i partman-auto/method string regular
+d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string                           \
+    root ::                                                     \
+        5000 50 5000 ext4                                       \
+                    $primary{ }                                 \
+                    $bootable{ }                                \
+                    method{ format }                            \
+                    format{ }                                   \
+                    use_filesystem{ }                           \
+                    filesystem{ ext4 }                          \
+                    mountpoint { / }                            \
+                    label { root }                              \
+                    .                                           \
+        250 50 100% linux-swap                                  \
+                    $primary{ }                                 \
+                    method{ swap }                              \
+                    format{ }                                   \
+                    .
+d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
+d-i partman/confirm boolean true
+d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+d-i base-installer/install-recommends boolean false
+d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean true
+d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security, updates
+d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org
+d-i pkgsel/include string parted openssh-server acpid sudo
+d-i pkgsel/upgrade select none
+popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
+tasksel tasksel/first multiselect standard
+grub-pc grub-pc/install_devices multiselect /dev/sda
+grub-installer grub-installer/choose_bootdev select /dev/sda
+d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
+
+d-i preseed/early_command string sed -i \
+  '/in-target/idiscover(){/sbin/discover|grep -v VirtualBox;}' \
+  /usr/lib/pre-pkgsel.d/20install-hwpackages

setup-babelbox.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -e
 
 cd http
-wget -c -N http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-dvd/debian-7.7.0-i386-DVD-1.iso
+wget -c -N http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/iso-dvd/debian-8.3.0-i386-DVD-1.iso
 cd ..
 
 packer build debian-babelbox.json