Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Introducing Revised Server Installer, Adds Missing Features

[RussianNeuroMancer]

So I will able to install Ubuntu on btrfs RAID array without hassle?

[froyo]

I hope they bring back encrypted home directories (ecryptfs). There are use cases (decryption by ssh login), which are not (easily) covered by other methods.

[Uqbar]

Yes, please! Reinvent again the wheel! We just need a new one!
Netplan was another good thing Canonical brought to Ubuntu Server.Unluckily I had to unistall it and pull the good ol' ifupdown or leave my server offline.
I hope I can do something server-like with this new shiny installer.
Can I configure MD+LVM2 and have the server really boot out of it?
For years Canonical forgot that if you can configure MD+LVM2, then their support needs to be already part of the initrd. Or it won't boot.
Yes, I am looking forward to see this marvelous brand new installer and finally ditch Ubuntu also for servers.

[q2dg]

Do you know if there is the option to choose a mirror already? I wanted to do a local PXE installation and it wasn't possible

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS Introducing Revised Server Installer, Adds Missing Features

With the April release of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on the server front was a brand new, in-house developed server installer created by Canonical to differentiate it from Debian's long-used text installer for the Ubuntu Server images. While it offered a fresh look and some new features, it shipped without many features common to Linux server installers. Fortunately, that is changing with the upcoming Ubuntu Server 18.04.1 release...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ubuntu-18.04.1-Improved-Server