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From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de>
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Subject: Re: Devops question: unattended installs of FreeBSD?
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Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@dyslexicfish.net> wrote:

> Craig Rodrigues <rodrigc@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> > 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?
>=20
> vultr.com has an option to automatically install a freebsd instance
> (it's an automated install, not simply a binary image etc.)
>=20
> You can even vnc to the console and watch it progress.
>=20
> Though I'm not sure if the free trial requires credit card authoration -

They do. Vultr is also picky about which credit cards are accepted
(mine weren't, no additional explanation given).

Fabian

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