Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 03:46:41 +0000 From: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@dyslexicfish.net> To: rodrigc@freebsd.org, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Devops question: unattended installs of FreeBSD? Message-ID: <201501140346.t0E3kf44050477@dyslexicfish.net> In-Reply-To: <CAG=rPVfkHND3djpTDZBWzTs5u%2BNd-ijT_3ZvgYK859LHqkv6BQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAG=rPVfkHND3djpTDZBWzTs5u%2BNd-ijT_3ZvgYK859LHqkv6BQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@freebsd.org> wrote: > I had a devops person who is familiar with setting up hundreds of > Linux nodes in cloud environment ask me what is the best way > to do unattended installs in a cloud environment. > Linux has kickstart installs, which are quite useful and popular. > > What is the equivalent in FreeBSD? vultr.com has an option to automatically install a freebsd instance (it's an automated install, not simply a binary image etc.) You can even vnc to the console and watch it progress. Though I'm not sure if the free trial requires credit card authoration - they are trying to make sure they aren't exploited by spammers etc. cheers, Jamie
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