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This is a public wiki for [http://fai-project.org FAI - Fully Automatic Installation].
This is a public wiki for [http://fai-project.org FAI - Fully Automatic Installation].
It is a place for users and developers of FAI to share information. If you have some information on FAI to share, see the page [[wiki registration]] - you need to write a mail, because we can't handle the spam otherwise. Also, please read [[editing rules]].
It is a place for users and developers of FAI to share information. If you have some information on FAI to share, please register [[wiki registration]]. Also, please read [[editing rules]].


= About FAI =  
= About FAI =  
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= Getting FAI =
= Getting FAI =


* download it from: http://fai-project.org/download/
* download the FAI CD from: http://fai-project.org/fai-cd/
* experimental builds contain patches contributed by the developers that may or may not make it into the official version
* download the packages from: http://fai-project.org/download/
* check out the sources from subversion:  
* check out the sources from git:  
<pre>svn co svn://svn.debian.org/svn/fai/trunk fai-sources</pre>
<pre>git clone git://github.com/faiproject/fai.git</pre>
 
* get the sources from the '''unofficial''' [http://www.git.or.cz Git] repository provided by Sebastian Harl:
<pre>git clone git://git.tokkee.org/fai.git
git clone http://git.tokkee.org/fai.git</pre>
(this repository is automatically synchronized from the SVN repository four times a day)<br />


= Documentation and examples =
= Documentation and examples =


== official - from the FAI developer team ==
== Official - from the FAI developer team ==
* [http://fai-project.org/fai-guide/ FAI guide]
* [http://fai-project.org/guide/ FAI guide]
* [http://fai-project.org/guide/ Search the FAI guide]
* [http://fai-project.org/doc/man/ Manpages in HTML Format]
* [http://fai-project.org/doc/man/ Manpages in HTML Format]
* [[Variables]] List of useful variables inside FAI


== FAI in the real world ==
== FAI in the real world ==
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* [[helper scripts]] - add-on scripts that help using FAI
* [[helper scripts]] - add-on scripts that help using FAI
* [[user FAQ]] (from questions in the mailing list and on IRC #fai)
* [[user FAQ]] (from questions in the mailing list and on IRC #fai)
* [[linux-fai mailing list infos]]
* [[reporting bugs]] and also maybe find fixes for problems.
* [[reporting bugs]] and also maybe find fixes for problems that you might encounter when using FAI.
* [[other installation tools]] - overview of other stuff seen in the wild web
 
== "third party" articles ==
 
* [ http://fai-project.org/otherdocs/ Collection of articles, presentations, videos]
* [ http://fai-project.org/cluster/ Clusters build with FAI]
* [[FAI Installation Overview|A visual overview]] of how all the pieces of an FAI installation fit together.
* FAI Product Overview: http://highscalability.com/product-fai-fully-automatic-installation


= Developer information =
= Developer information =
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* [[help for editing]] (mainly mediawiki documentation links)
* [[help for editing]] (mainly mediawiki documentation links)
* [[editing rules]] - some ideas that make collaborative work here easier
* [[editing rules]] - some ideas that make collaborative work here easier
* practice wiki writing [[practice wiki writing|here]]
* [[FAI Wiki Administration Coordination]] - some infos on managing this wiki
* [[FAI Wiki Administration Coordination]] - some infos on managing this wiki

Revision as of 13:08, 14 February 2014

Hello and welcome to the FAI wiki.

This is a public wiki for FAI - Fully Automatic Installation. It is a place for users and developers of FAI to share information. If you have some information on FAI to share, please register wiki registration. Also, please read editing rules.

About FAI

FAI is a tool for fully automatic (unless you explicitly wish to get some questions on each install) installation of Debian and other Linux Distributions via network, custom install cd, or into a chroot environment. Some people also use it to install Windows.

FAI works script-based as opposed to full image based (if you wish so, we can also install any kind of image) - so it is very flexible, and can be used to install very heterogeneous infrastructures. It uses a class-based system (think of classes as system types that can be combined with each other, as long as they are not technically conflicting) to define configurations in some simple textfiles.

It is also used to update running systems without completely reinstalling them with the softupdate functionality - so you have one single point of configuration for installation and updates.

Getting FAI

git clone git://github.com/faiproject/fai.git

Documentation and examples

Official - from the FAI developer team

FAI in the real world

User contributed in this wiki

Developer information

Wiki Information