diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/apache2/attributes/default.rb b/chef/cookbooks/apache2/attributes/default.rb
index 2fed820..770863a 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/apache2/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/apache2/attributes/default.rb
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ when "debian", "ubuntu"
   default['apache']['cgibin_dir'] = "/usr/lib/cgi-bin"
   default['apache']['icondir'] = "/usr/share/apache2/icons"
   default['apache']['cache_dir'] = "/var/cache/apache2"
-  default['apache']['pid_file']  = "/var/run/apache2.pid"
+  if node['platform_version'].to_f >= 14 then
+    default['apache']['pid_file']  = "/var/run/apache2/apache2.pid"
+  else
+    default['apache']['pid_file']  = "/var/run/apache2.pid"
+  end
   default['apache']['lib_dir'] = "/usr/lib/apache2"
   default['apache']['libexecdir'] = "#{node['apache']['lib_dir']}/modules"
   default['apache']['default_site_enabled'] = false
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/apache2/recipes/mod_authz_default.rb b/chef/cookbooks/apache2/recipes/mod_authz_default.rb
index 123536d..849861d 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/apache2/recipes/mod_authz_default.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/apache2/recipes/mod_authz_default.rb
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-apache_module "authz_default"
+unless %w{debian}.include?(node['platform_family']) && node['platform_version'].to_f >= 14 then
+  print "load authz_default module"
+  apache_module "authz_default"
+else
+  print "do not load authz_default module"
+end
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/apache2/templates/default/apache2.conf.erb b/chef/cookbooks/apache2/templates/default/apache2.conf.erb
index bea4993..668ee02 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/apache2/templates/default/apache2.conf.erb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/apache2/templates/default/apache2.conf.erb
@@ -9,7 +9,11 @@ ServerRoot "<%= node['apache']['dir'] %>"
 # The accept serialization lock file MUST BE STORED ON A LOCAL DISK.
 #
 <% if %w{debian}.include?(node['platform_family']) -%>
+  <% if node['platform_version'].to_f >= 14 -%>
+Mutex file:/var/lock/apache2 default
+  <% else %>
 LockFile /var/lock/apache2/accept.lock
+  <% end -%>
 <% elsif %w{freebsd}.include?(node['platform_family']) -%>
 LockFile /var/log/accept.lock
 <% else %>
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ LockFile logs/accept.lock
 # PidFile: The file in which the server should record its process
 # identification number when it starts.
 #
+
 PidFile <%= node['apache']['pid_file'] %>
 
 #
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/apache2/templates/default/mods/ssl.conf.erb b/chef/cookbooks/apache2/templates/default/mods/ssl.conf.erb
index 2582f30..f98c621 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/apache2/templates/default/mods/ssl.conf.erb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/apache2/templates/default/mods/ssl.conf.erb
@@ -51,7 +51,13 @@ SSLSessionCacheTimeout  300
 #   Semaphore:
 #   Configure the path to the mutual exclusion semaphore the
 #   SSL engine uses internally for inter-process synchronization.
-<% if %w{ rhel fedora suse }.include?(node['platform_family']) -%>
+<% if %w{debian}.include?(node['platform_family']) -%>
+  <% if node['platform_version'].to_f >= 14 -%>
+Mutex file:/var/run/apache2 default
+  <% else %>
+SSLMutex  file:/var/run/apache2/ssl_mutex
+  <% end -%>
+<% elsif %w{ rhel fedora suse }.include?(node['platform_family']) -%>
 SSLMutex  default
 <% elsif %w{ freebsd }.include?(node['platform_family']) -%>
 SSLMutex  file:/var/run/ssl_mutex
diff --git a/chef/cookbooks/openstack-dashboard/spec/server_spec.rb b/chef/cookbooks/openstack-dashboard/spec/server_spec.rb
index 304b20b..b660cb6 100644
--- a/chef/cookbooks/openstack-dashboard/spec/server_spec.rb
+++ b/chef/cookbooks/openstack-dashboard/spec/server_spec.rb
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ describe "openstack-dashboard::server" do
 
     describe "openstack-dashboard virtual host" do
       before do
-        f = "/etc/apache2/sites-available/openstack-dashboard"
+        f = "/etc/apache2/sites-available/openstack-dashboard.conf"
         @file = @chef_run.template f
       end
 
diff --git a/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks b/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
index 4d37231..7d9d096 100644
--- a/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
+++ b/cobbler/kickstarts/default.ks
@@ -99,8 +99,9 @@ $SNIPPET('kickstart_ntp')
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_limits.conf')
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_sysctl.conf')
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_rsyslog.conf')
-#set $kickstart_tool = "kickstart_%s" % $tool
+#if $getVar('tool', '') != ''
+    #set $kickstart_tool = "kickstart_%s" % $tool
 $SNIPPET($kickstart_tool)
-
+#end if
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_post_anamon')
 $SNIPPET('kickstart_done')
diff --git a/cobbler/kickstarts/default.seed b/cobbler/kickstarts/default.seed
index dd1031c..0ef43b8 100644
--- a/cobbler/kickstarts/default.seed
+++ b/cobbler/kickstarts/default.seed
@@ -52,9 +52,7 @@ d-i clock-setup/ntp-server  string ntp.ubuntu.com
 d-i mirror/country string manual
 d-i mirror/http/hostname string $http_server
 d-i mirror/http/directory string $install_source_directory
-#if $getVar('proxy', '') != ""
-d-i mirror/http/proxy string $proxy
-#end if
+d-i mirror/http/proxy string
 
 #set $os_v = $getVar('os_version','')
 #if $os_v and $os_v.lower()[0] > 'p'
@@ -104,8 +102,10 @@ $SNIPPET('preseed_post_install_network_config') echo "processed preseed_post_ins
 $SNIPPET('preseed_ssh') echo "processed preseed_ssh" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
 $SNIPPET('preseed_ntp') echo "processed preseed_ntp" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
 $SNIPPET('preseed_post_apt_repo_config') echo "processed preseed_post_apt_repo_config" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
-#set $preseed_tool = "preseed_%s" % $tool
+#if $getVar('tool', '') != ''
+    #set $preseed_tool = "preseed_%s" % $tool
 $SNIPPET($preseed_tool) echo "processed $preseed_tool" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
+#end if
 $SNIPPET('preseed_limits.conf') echo "processed preseed_limits.conf" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
 $SNIPPET('preseed_sysctl.conf') echo "processed preseed_sysctl.conf" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
 $SNIPPET('preseed_rsyslog.conf') echo "processed preseed_rsyslog.conf" >> /tmp/preseed.log; \
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_apt_repo_config b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_apt_repo_config
index 28c0070..3b9b8d2 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_apt_repo_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_apt_repo_config
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ d-i apt-setup/use_mirror boolean false
  #set $comps = " ".join($repo.apt_components)
 d-i apt-setup/local${cur}/repository string \
  #if $repo.mirror_locally
-      http://$http_server/cobbler/repo_mirror/${repo.name} $dist $comps
+deb http://$http_server/cobbler/repo_mirror/${repo.name} $dist $comps
  #else
-      ${repo.mirror} $dist $comps
+deb ${repo.mirror} $dist $comps
  #end if
  #if $repo.comment != ""
 d-i apt-setup/local${cur}/comment string ${repo.comment}
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_network_config b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_network_config
index f02be37..651467a 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_network_config
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 d-i netcfg/link_detection_timeout string 0
 d-i netcfg/dhcp_timeout string 0
 d-i netcfg/dhcpv6_timeout string 0
-d-i netcfg/enable boolean true
+d-i netcfg/enable boolean false
 d-i netcfg/disable_autoconfig boolean true
+d-i netcfg/use_autoconfig boolean false
+d-i netcfg/disable_dhcp boolean true
 d-i netcfg/dhcp_failed note
 d-i netcfg/dhcp_options select Configure network manually
 d-i hw-detect/load_firmware boolean true
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config
index 3f8f002..9763eb4 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_apt_repo_config
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring main restricted universe multiverse" > /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
-echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-security main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
-echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-updates main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
-echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-proposed main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
-echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring-backports main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+#if $getVar('proxy', '') != ''
+echo "Acquire::http::Proxy \"$proxy\";" > /target/etc/apt/apt.conf; \
+#end if
+#if $getVar('os_version', '') != ''
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ $os_version main restricted universe multiverse" > /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ ${os_version}-security main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ ${os_version}-updates main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ ${os_version}-proposed main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+echo "deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ ${os_version}-backports main restricted universe multiverse" >> /target/etc/apt/sources.list; \
+#end if
 #set $repo_data = $getVar("repo_data",[])
 #for $repo in $repo_data
     #for $dist in $repo.apt_dists
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_install_network_config b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_install_network_config
index fd7812f..7552798 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_install_network_config
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_post_install_network_config
@@ -199,6 +199,7 @@ echo "" >> /target/etc/network/interfaces; \
         ## Done with this interface
         ## ===================================================================
     #end for
+cp /target/etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces; \
     ## =============================================================================
     ## Configure the system's primary hostname. This is also passed to anaconda, but
     ## anaconda doesn't seem to honour it in DHCP-setups.
diff --git a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_ssh b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_ssh
index 3d10eaf..7ce2926 100644
--- a/cobbler/snippets/preseed_ssh
+++ b/cobbler/snippets/preseed_ssh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+sed -i 's/PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /target/etc/ssh/sshd_config; \
 mkdir -p /target/root/.ssh; \
 chmod 700 -R /target/root/.ssh; \
 #if $getVar("push_ssh_keys", "") != ""