--Sunday, February 22, 2004 20:55:38 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > 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 -- GPG key at http://hichac.de/marcel_hichac.de.asc GPG key id C7294665 GPG key fingerprint 3462 FEEF C0D1 6179 74C3 506B F9F1 FEED C729 4665 [Werbung] GNU Privacy Projekt Gefoerdert vom Bundesministeriums Wirtschaft und Arbeit und dem Bundesministeriums des Innern. GNU Privacy Guard - Ver- und Entschlüsselung von Email GNU Privacy Assistant - grafische Benutzeroberfläche Windows Privacy Tray - bequemes Taskleistenwerkzeug Bequeme Plugins/Schnittstellen fuer MS-Outlook, Eudora, Netscape/Mozilla-Mail, Pegasus, Post-Me u.a. Kostenlos unter http://www.gnupp.de/start.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]