linux自动化安装套件-FAI
2014-03-12 18:04:45 
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FAI - Fully Automatic InstallationFAI是一套基于debian的自动化系统安装程序，用于自动安装包括debian在内的批量linux系统，主要是通过网络引导的方式(pxe)来自动分区和安装。可对安装过程进行预先定制、软件配置管理、虚拟机和 chroot 环境配置，适合用来安装大规模的架构和集群。
它包括了如下软件包：
fai-server:服务器端
fai-client: 客户端，所有机器需安装
fai-doc: 相关文档
fai-nfsroot: nfs相关的组件
fai-setup-storage: 存储相关的设置程序
fai-quickstart: 服务器端的快速设置工具
它提供了多种安装介质：iso光盘、usb启动介质等。
Features
A tool for automated unattended installation. Lazy system administrators like it.
Remote network installation of different Linux flavors
Easy-to-use centralized management system for your Linux deployment.
It's fast. It only takes a few minutes for a complete installation.
Scalable. FAI users manage their computer infrastructures starting from a few computers up to several thousands of machines.
Different hardware and different configuration requirements are easy to establish using FAI. You do not need to repeat information that is shared among several machines.
Using the FAI class concept, you can group a bunch of similar machines.
Installation targets: desktops, servers, notebooks, Beowulf cluster, rendering or web server farm, Linux laboratory or classroom.
Linux rollout, mass installation and automated server provisioning are additional topics of FAI.
FAI is lightweight. No special daemons are running, no database setup is needed. It's architecture independent, since it consists only of shell, Perl and Cfengine scripts.
Easy creation of customized unattended ISO.
Besides initial installations, it is used for daily maintenance, and can set up chroot environments.
Compared to tools like kickstart or cobbler for Red Hat, autoyast for SUSE or Jumpstart for SUN Solaris, FAI is much more flexible. You can tune every small part of your configuration to your local needs using hooks.
最新版本：4.1
官方主页：http://fai-project.org/