On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 2:31 PM, jan damborsky <Jan.Damborsky at sun.com>wrote:
> Both AI (Automated Installation project) and DC (Distribution Constructor > project) > are part of Caiman which is set of projects focused on creating a new > OpenSolaris > installation experience. > > The mission of Automated Installation project is to provide features to > support > completely 'hands off' installation. > > The Distribution Constructor project is building a set of GUI and > command-line > tools allowing users to build an install image from a package repository. > The distribution constructor tools accept input from the user and process > a set of repository packages into one or more media images which can be > utilized to install an OpenSolaris distribution. > > You can find more details about Caiman as well as particular projects > on following pages: > > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/ > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/auto_install/ > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/caiman/Constructor/ > > Wow, that is excellent! From this, can I guess there will be a way to set up your own in-house package repository from which to deploy servers, workstations, allowing you to control what versions of OS, applications, libraries, etc and what configuration details will be delivered to specific hosts during installation? Being an ex onsite Unix administrator I imagine customers would like to see a way to achieve both of the following two things from a single "package/install server" a) Boot up a machine from a disk which automatically finds the install/package server and then automatically knows what to install, or b) Boot up a machine from an interactive CD which connects to the install server and then allows me to select a "profile" to be deployed onto that system. I conclude that this is more or less what is envisioned, and that network boot options are also included into the pot? Good work! _J -- Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Arthur C. Clarke My blog: http://initialprogramload.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/caiman-discuss/attachments/20081211/ec97adad/attachment.html>
