HI all,
I am planing to setup more laptops just like mine but I dont want to spend time to install and configure each one like I did for my laptop.
Is it possible to create a cdlive - like the Fedora workstation cdlilve - so it will automatically install everything I have on my computer and also to propagate my settings from my /home/$USER?
Thank you!
It is possible to setup a kickstart file that does the install and create an installer image from that. This will take some effort to learn the tooling and debug.
However what I do is run the standard USB install. Turn on sshd.
Then I can use ssh to configure the new machine using a script that I maintain in source control.
I have all my system config and user config in source control and the script does the setup.
Another script I have syncs changes I make on a system back into source control.
Yeah, I wanted to avoid, again, manual work…why not an automated tool like fedora’s live USB that does the job when you install fedora workstation?
Thanks
If are installing 100’s then the kickstart and USB install is the way to go.
But if it is around 10 then it is not worth it.
The manual part if only starting the USB install.
After that, as I say, I run a script via ssh that does all the dnf install and file copying from my master copy in source control.
No much I have to do manual on each system.
right, will think about it, good point.
Thanks
I’m wondering if Ansible might be a useful tool for creating a playbook and deploying that to multiple machines.