Re: How do you deploy a new system ?
--Sunday, February 22, 2004 20:55:38 -0500 sarwat0brcm@netscape.net:
> What are you guys using to deploy new systems. In our env we are bringing up
> one system every other week. So far, we've been using Red Hat and Kickstart.
> We simply save the config on a floppy then boot from the CD and a few
> minutes
[...]
> We are just curious about the setups of other big ISP/University type
> environments since we're thinking of doing a swtich from RH to Debian.
Maybe check out m23:
| m23 allows systems administrators to install and manage hundreds of clients.
| It can partition and format the clients and install and uninstall thousands
| of software packages over an existing network. All management is done with
| the administration Web interface.
We just boot our new machines remotely and are done within seconds.
It's not too flexible compared with FAI, but installation and maintenance
is _much_ simpler. Per default it sets up a workstation with X, but we removed
that part.
It works basically as a boot-server plus an http-site written in PHP. The new
machines boot remotely, run some scripts and issue http request which are
answered with dpkg-filelists and further TODOs. Theres a web interface for
partitioning. The auto-install process waits for your choice here but that
should be easy to change.
Additionally m23 keeps a database of the (auto-detected) hardware details of
all installed machines.
There is also a bootable CD image which can be configured to boot from HD if a
system is found there (ever left a CD in your drive and issued a remote reboot?
;-)
http://m23.sourceforge.net/PostNuke-0.726/html/?newlang=eng
Cheers, Marcel
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