On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:10:27 -0500 "Dustin Kirkland" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 6:55 PM, Scott Kitterman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> 3. Provide a way to scalably provide a lot of different configurations for >> many specific use cases that doesn't require much additional configuration >> and sysadmin time. I've proposed a spec for one approach to move in this >> direction: >> >> https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/server-flavors > >I really like the idea of "canned" server flavors! > >Unique CD's per install (as stated in the blueprint), I think, might >get unwieldy, with perhaps dozens of new server CD's per architecture. > This is where the hypothetical hosted, vm image builder discussed at >UDS might be nice. Fill in a few form values, get a coffee, come back >and download your new server image. Perhaps more scalable than unique >iso for every combination dreamable. > Although the spec is written in terms of a new install/ISO, the FAI configuration step could also be done on top of an existing base install. I should make the explicit in the spec.
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