On Mon, 2026-07-27 at 20:31 +0200, Aleksandra Fedorova wrote: > On 7/22/26 17:47, Maxwell G wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Thanks for the proposal! > > > > On 7/22/26 10:18 AM, Aoife Moloney via devel-announce wrote: > > > Enable secure remote installation via the Anaconda WebUI on > > > Fedora > > > Atomic Desktop images. Users can boot a target machine with > > > <code>inst.webui.remote</code> and complete the installation from > > > a > > > web browser on another machine over HTTPS with pin-based > > > authentication. This change is scoped to Atomic Desktop images > > > (Silverblue, Kinoite, etc.). > > Both this Change and the other Atomic + Anaconda Change probably > > need to > > be reclassified as System-wide Changes, since anaconda is a > > critpath > > component. > > > > Also, it's unclear to me why this Web-based remote installation > > Change > > is only targeted toward Atomic Desktops. Wouldn't enabling this > > feature > > in anaconda also allow it to be used for other Fedora deliverables > > that > > currently ship the anaconda webui? I assume it would be more useful > > for > > the Fedora Server usecase where there isn't always robust console > > access > > to use a browser for local installation like there is on a desktop > > workstation. > > We currently have WebUI enabled in the Live images only. Fedora > Server > still uses GTK UI. Remote installation doesn't make much sense for > Live > images, Yep & Anaconda never supported remote installation control on Live images. There is also the added complication of Live installation is offline by default, so it might not be possible to connect without first enabling some sort of networking on the Live desktop.
BTW, I think on many Fedora graphical spins, there should be some support for remote desktop screen sharing, which could be then used to run the installation as Anaconda is just an app in the Live environment anyway. > but for Atomic it allows to run interactive installation on edge > devices by lowering the requirements (RAM/CPU) of the installation > process. > > When WebUI will be enabled on Fedora Server, it will have this remote > installation feature available too. But it is not planned for Fedora > 45. > > > This is a self-contained change because the feature doesn't have any > external dependencies, and has no impact on the default installation > process or any of the existing installation workflows. It doesn't > change > existing release criteria. Rather it is a completely new additional > option, essentially a tech preview for people to try and provide the > feedback to the development team. > > We could have added it without submitting any change at all. But we > created a self-contained change to increase the awareness and invite > more folks to try it out. > > > > All the best, > > Maxwell > > > -- > Aleksandra Fedorova > Matrix: @bookwar:fedora.im > Fediverse/Mastodon: @[email protected] -- _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
