''Fully Automated Installation'' is a group of
Shell and
Perl scripts that install and configure a complete
Linux distribution
A Linux distribution (often abbreviated as distro) is an operating system made from a software collection that includes the Linux kernel and, often, a package management system. Linux users usually obtain their operating system by downloading one ...
quickly on a large number of computers.
It's the oldest automated deployment system for Debian.
FAI allows for installing
Debian
Debian (), also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software, developed by the community-supported Debian Project, which was established by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. The first version of D ...
and
Ubuntu distributions. But it also support CentOS, Rocky Linux and SuSe Linux.
In the past it supported Scientific Linux Cern.
By default a network installation is done, but it's easy to create an installation ISO for booting from CD or USB stick.
There's a web service for FAI which is called FAI.me, which allows creating customized installation images without setting up your own FAI server.
This service supports Debian and Ubuntu.
Debian's cloud team uses FAI for creating their official cloud images.
Similar software exists for Red Hat (kickstart),
SuSE
SUSE ( , ) is a German-based multinational open-source software company that develops and sells Linux products to business customers. Founded in 1992, it was the first company to market Linux for enterprise. It is the developer of SUSE Linux Ent ...
(
YaST and alice),
Solaris
Solaris may refer to:
Arts and entertainment Literature, television and film
* ''Solaris'' (novel), a 1961 science fiction novel by Stanisław Lem
** ''Solaris'' (1968 film), directed by Boris Nirenburg
** ''Solaris'' (1972 film), directed by ...
(Jumpstart) and likely other operating systems.
References
{{Portal, Free and open-source software, Linux
External links
Official websiteFAI.me web service
System administration
Network management