Take a look at Debian's documentation on automatic installation using FAI or the Debian installer - more details on these and other apporoaches in The Debian Administrator's Handbook. Source: over 1 year ago
Fully Automated Installation, which I literally just found. Source: over 1 year ago
For network-based Ubuntu installs in our environment FAI has been a great solution. Source: almost 2 years ago
Bare metal install with FAI (after getting used to it, it is really quiet fast and adjustable) after initial reboot config management is handed over to salt with a highstate (i.e. Full config run) on boot-up. Source: about 2 years ago
Not exactly an answer to your question but I’ve used FAI (https://fai-project.org) to just make dynamic images. The scripting is a bitch and the entire process is annoying, but you have control over every step of the install, the final product is an image you can install even over NetBoot and fully automatic. Source: over 2 years ago
You might consider something like https://fai-project.org. Source: over 2 years ago
We use FAI. We also have it run our config management too, so when the machine boots it is ready for service. Source: almost 3 years ago
I am in full automated root system. FAI https://fai-project.org/ Besides, xmrig is the only service I have - without a hitch. Source: almost 3 years ago
Check out FAI [0] (Fully Automatic Installation) for something similar to kickstart but for Debian/Ubuntu. When you get into it, it is quite nice to configure. [0] https://fai-project.org/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 3 years ago
This one turns up in a quick google visit: FAI or Cobbler. Source: almost 3 years ago
But for Debian, preseed, and my personal favorite (but harder to fully learn and master) , is FAI project, which is, in my opinion, among the best. Source: about 3 years ago
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