How To Install fai-server on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-server on Debian 10.
What is fai-server
fai-server is:
FAI is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to large infrastructures and clusters.
It’s a tool for mass unattended Linux installation. You can take one or more virgin systems, turn on the power, and after a few minutes, the systems are installed, and completely configured to your exact needs, without any interaction necessary.
This package is needed for setting up a FAI install server for network installations, for running the dirinstall in a chroot environment, and to build installation CD/DVD’s and USB sticks.
There are three methods to install fai-server on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fai-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fai-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fai-server
Install fai-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fai-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fai-server
Install fai-server Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install fai-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fai-server
How To Uninstall fai-server on Debian 10
To uninstall only the fai-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fai-server
Uninstall fai-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fai-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fai-server
Remove fai-server Configurations and Data
To remove fai-server configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fai-server
Remove fai-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fai-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fai-server
Dependencies
fai-server have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fai-server package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.