FAI is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to large-scale infrastructures and clusters.

It's a tool for unattended mass deployment of Linux. You can take one or more virgin PC's, turn on the power, and after a few minutes, the systems are installed, and completely configured to your exact needs, without any interaction necessary.

Motto: Plan your installation, and FAI installs your plan.

NEWS

• [10 May 2010] FAI 3.4.8 packages are available. more ...
• [24 Dec 2010] FAI 3.4.7 packages are available. more ...
• [24 Sep 2010] The FAI project gets its own domain name. more ...
• [21 Dec 2009] The FAI project celebrates its 10th anniversary. (article in German)

Workshop

• There will be a workshop in 2011. The date is not yet decided.
• The FAI workshop was held from july 2-4 at Linuxhotel Essen
• Wiki page for the workshop
• Blog entry from Mika about the workshop
• Thanks to these companies and organisations for supporting the workshop:
  • Debian project, Netways, Spotify, Thomas-Krenn, LIS AG

  Features

  • Installs and updates Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, SuSe, ...
  • Centralized deployment and configuration management
  • Installs XEN domains, VirtualBox and Vserver
  • Easy set up of software RAID and LVM
  • Full remote control via ssh during installation
  • Integrated disaster recovery system
  • Every stage can be customized via hooks
  FAI is free software, distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2 or any later version.