FAI is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to large-scale infrastructures like clusters and cloud environments.
It's a tool for unattended mass deployment of Linux. You can take one or more virgin PC's, turn on the power, and after a few minutes, the systems are installed, and completely configured to your exact needs, without any interaction necessary.
Motto: Plan your installation, and FAI installs your plan.
NEWS
- [July/August] I was at DebConf 18 in Taiwan and gave a talk
- [4 June 2018] FAI 5.7 released and new ISO images available
- [13 Mar 2018] FAI.me can now create cloud images, blog post
- I announced the FAI.me service
- [6 Oct 2017] Video of creating a cross architecture disk image for ARM64
Features
- Installs and updates Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, SUSE, ...
- Centralized deployment and configuration management
- Installs virtual machines using KVM, XEN or VirtualBox and Vserver
- Easy set up of software RAID and LVM
- Full remote control via ssh during installation
- Integrated disaster recovery system
- Every stage can be customized via hooks
FAI is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU GPL, version 2 or any later version.