diff --git a/http/debian-9-stretch-preseed.cfg b/http/debian-9-stretch-preseed.cfg
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+### Localization
+d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US
+d-i debian-installer/language string en
+d-i debian-installer/country string US
+d-i debian-installer/locale string en_US.UTF-8
+d-i localechooser/supported-locales multiselect en_US.UTF-8
+
+# Keyboard selection.
+d-i console-tools/archs select at
+d-i console-keymaps-at/keymap select us
+
+d-i keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap select us
+
+### Network configuration
+d-i netcfg/choose_interface select auto
+
+### Mirror settings
+d-i mirror/country string manual
+d-i mirror/http/hostname string httpredir.debian.org
+d-i mirror/http/directory string /debian
+d-i mirror/http/proxy string
+
+# Do not scan for another CD or DVD
+apt-cdrom-setup apt-setup/cdrom/set-first boolean false
+
+### Account setup
+# Create root account
+d-i passwd/root-login boolean true
+d-i passwd/root-password password root
+d-i passwd/root-password-again password root
+# Skip creating normal user
+d-i passwd/make-user boolean false
+
+### Clock and time zone setup
+d-i clock-setup/utc boolean true
+d-i time/zone string GMT+0
+d-i clock-setup/ntp boolean true
+
+### Partitioning
+d-i partman-auto/method string regular
+# Do not create a swap partition.
+# Create a single partition having at least 1000 MB and the maximum possible (-1),
+# with a priority of 50, and using ext4.
+d-i partman-auto/expert_recipe string singlepart :: 1000 50 -1 ext4 \
+     $primary{ } $bootable{ } \
+     method{ format } format{ } \
+     use_filesystem{ } filesystem{ ext4 } \
+     mountpoint{ / } \
+    .
+d-i partman-auto/choose_recipe select singlepart
+# Disables partman warning message for not having a swap partition.
+d-i partman-basicfilesystems/no_swap boolean false
+d-i partman-partitioning/confirm_write_new_label boolean true
+d-i partman/choose_partition select finish
+d-i partman/confirm boolean true
+d-i partman/confirm_nooverwrite boolean true
+d-i partman/mount_style select uuid
+
+### Apt setup
+d-i apt-setup/non-free boolean false
+d-i apt-setup/contrib boolean false
+d-i apt-setup/services-select multiselect security
+d-i apt-setup/security_host string security.debian.org
+
+### Package selection
+tasksel tasksel/first multiselect ssh-server
+
+d-i pkgsel/upgrade select safe-upgrade
+
+popularity-contest popularity-contest/participate boolean false
+
+### GRUB
+d-i grub-installer/only_debian boolean true
+d-i grub-installer/bootdev string default
+
+### Finishing up the installation
+d-i finish-install/keep-consoles boolean true
+d-i finish-install/reboot_in_progress note
+
+# Permit root login
+d-i preseed/late_command string \
+in-target sed -i 's/^.PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin yes/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
diff --git a/stretch.json b/stretch.json
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+{
+  "description": "Vanilla Debian Stretch base box",
+  "variables": {
+      "box_version": "9.0.0",
+      "box_changelog": "* stable point release\n"
+    },
+  "builders": [
+    {
+      "boot_command": [
+        "<esc><wait>",
+        "install <wait>",
+        "preseed/url=http://{{ .HTTPIP }}:{{ .HTTPPort }}/debian-9-stretch-preseed.cfg <wait>",
+        "debian-installer=en_US <wait>",
+        "auto <wait>",
+        "locale=en_US <wait>",
+        "kbd-chooser/method=us <wait>",
+        "netcfg/get_hostname=stretch <wait>",
+        "netcfg/get_domain=grnet.gr <wait>",
+        "fb=false <wait>",
+        "debconf/frontend=noninteractive <wait>",
+        "console-setup/ask_detect=false <wait>",
+        "console-keymaps-at/keymap=us <wait>",
+        "keyboard-configuration/xkb-keymap=us <wait>",
+        "<enter><wait>"
+      ],
+      "disk_size": "1050",
+      "disk_interface": "virtio",
+      "headless": false,
+      "http_directory": "http",
+      "iso_url": "https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/amd64/iso-cd/debian-9.0.0-amd64-netinst.iso",
+      "iso_checksum_type": "sha256",
+      "iso_checksum": "9d98f339016dc2a3998881949a8f0678baede26b5106f18ef1168d7e13606773",
+      "shutdown_command": "poweroff",
+      "ssh_password": "root",
+      "ssh_username": "root",
+      "ssh_port": "22",
+      "ssh_wait_timeout": "100000s",
+      "type": "qemu",
+      "qemuargs": [[ "-m", "2048" ],[ "-smp", "2" ]],
+      "accelerator": "kvm",
+      "vm_name": "debian-stretch-{{user `box_version`}}-x86_64.img",
+      "output_directory": "stretch.build",
+      "format": "raw"
+    }
+  ],
+  "provisioners": [
+    {
+      "type": "shell",
+      "pause_before": "5s",
+      "inline": ["sed -i 's/PermitRootLogin.*/PermitRootLogin without-password/g' /etc/ssh/sshd_config"]
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "file",
+      "source": "files/resolv.conf",
+      "destination": "/etc/resolv.conf"
+    }
+  ]
+}