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I am trying to follow the instructions here for a headless install.

I have placed the ubuntu-21.04-live-server-amd64.iso image on a USB key on a machine that has no keyboard/monitor/mouse. I observed that it successfully joined the network and SSH is running. However, I cannot ssh into the installer. I have tried ubuntu:ubuntu and root:ubuntu, but both are not accepted. I have also tried ubuntu: (no password) per this question with no success. I also tried root: without a password and it is not accepted.

The instructions say:

If the only available terminal is very basic, an alternative is to connect via SSH. If the network is up by the time the installer starts, instructions are offered on the initial screen in basic mode. Otherwise, instructions are available from the help menu once networking is configured.

What are the instructions? What is the default username and password for the installer?

BeastOfCaerbannog
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Zameer Manji
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  • How do you want to ssh "into the installer"? I think you want to ssh into the machine with the USB stick and then start the installer, right? – password is password Oct 25 '22 at 13:17
  • Per Ubuntu's docs, the new installer starts an sshd instance when you boot from the install media. This is supposed to let you SSH into the machine as it's running the install environment. However, they are not at all clear what password you're supposed to use. – James Jan 21 '23 at 18:09
  • I did this yesterday on 22.04.xx Server. The UART console installer told me the ssh credentials, which unfortunately included a long random password. Nothing obvious like admin or ubuntu, etc. I then ssh'd in and it gave me a nice color installer. In this case I had TTY connected (FTDI cable), so I don't think this addresses the OP's question. – Sonicsmooth Dec 13 '23 at 18:16

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the help menu is in the top right as have the installer open

in the orange bar, you can just press up until you reach it

picture of ubuntu installer (don't have the rep to post images)

also there is the next section, just after the one you quoted:

Help menu

The help menu is always in the top right of the screen. It contains help, both general and for the currently displayed screen, and some general actions.

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  • how do you suppose to view this help when you cannot ssh into the system and there's no console attached to it? somehow, your answer doesn't make sense. – TheDiveO Jun 09 '23 at 18:21