options:¶

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

--logfile LOGFILE

specify a file where the full execution log will be written

--quiet

quiet output on the terminal

--verbose

verbose output on the terminal

--debug

debugging output on the terminal

--conf CONF

specify a configuration file

--do-mirror

generate mirror

--dvd

generate dvd

--no-do-mirror

do not generate mirror

--qemu, -q

use qemu to test the image

--mirror-only

only generate/update the mirror

--build-only

only build the ISO image

--qemu-only

only test a previously built the image

--force-root

allow running as root

--dist CODENAME

distribution name (jessie, stretch, buster, bullseye, ..., sid) (default: $(lsb_release --short --codename))

--locale LOCALE

preselect this default locale for the distribution (default: None)

--keyboard KEYBOARD

preselect this keyboard in debian-installer (consolekeymaps-at/keymap debconf question) (default: None)

--proposed-updates

specify if proposed updates should be used (default: false)

--kernel-packages KERNEL_PACKAGES

list of kernel packages to include on the CD (default: None)

--profiles-udeb-dist PROFILES_UDEB_DIST

pull simple-cdd-profiles udeb from specified distribution (default: None)

--extra-udeb-dist EXTRA_UDEB_DIST

pull in udebs from specified distribution (default: None)

--security-mirror SECURITY_MIRROR

security mirror URL (default: http://security.debian.org/)

--backports-mirror BACKPORTS_MIRROR

backports mirror URL (default: {debian_mirror})

--profiles PROFILES, -p PROFILES

select profiles (examples in profiles/ dir) (default: None)

--local-packages LOCAL_PACKAGES

list of files included on CD's local package repository (default: None)

--build-profiles BUILD_PROFILES, -b BUILD_PROFILES

profiles only used while building the CD (default: None)

--mirror-tools MIRROR_TOOLS

list the mirror tools to be used (default: download reprepro)

--build-tools BUILD_TOOLS

list the build tools to be used (default: debian-cd)

--auto-profiles AUTO_PROFILES, -a AUTO_PROFILES

automatically install these profiles (default: None)

--updates-mirror UPDATES_MIRROR

specify mirror for $DIST-updates (default: {debian_mirror})

--debian-mirror DEBIAN_MIRROR

official Debian mirror to use to get Debian packages (default: http://{server}/debian/)

--keyring KEYRING

use specified keyrings (comma-separated) for verifying packages (default: /usr/share/keyrings/debian-archivekeyring.gpg)

--require-optional-packages

fail if missing optional packages (*.downloads) (default: None)

--force-preseed

only issue a warning if a preseeding file is invalid (default: None)

--serial-console, -s

enable serial console when booting the ISO image (default: None)