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Hello and welcome to the FAI wiki.
This is a public wiki for users and developers of FAI. If you have some information on FAI to share, please register [[wiki registration]]. Also, please read [[editing rules]].
 
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, please register [[wiki registration]]. Also, please read [[editing rules]].


= About FAI =  
= 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 is a tool for fully automatic installation of Debian and other Linux Distributions via network, custom install CD, or into a chroot environment.


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.
FAI works script-based as opposed to full image based - 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.
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.
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* [http://fai-project.org/references/ References]
* [http://fai-project.org/references/ References]
* [http://fai-project.org/reports User reports]
* [http://fai-project.org/reports User reports]
* [[Success Stories]] - who is using FAI, how and why - and, when available pictures of the machines installed with FAI :)
* [[Success Stories]] - who is using FAI, how and why - and, when available pictures of the machines installed with FAI :)



Revision as of 16:36, 30 January 2019

This is a public wiki for users and developers of FAI. 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 installation of Debian and other Linux Distributions via network, custom install CD, or into a chroot environment.

FAI works script-based as opposed to full image based - 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 started


Documentation and examples

Official - from the FAI developer team

FAI in the real world

User contributed in this wiki

Developer information

Wiki Information