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Debian Local Area Network
Debian - the universal operating system - runs on small embedded devices, on desktops and in environments composed of dozens or hundreds of machines with centralized administration. Whereas the installation and configuration of a single, individual desktop has been made easy by the Debian-Installer, the deployment of a whole system environment is more involved. This is where the Debian Local Area Network Project comes in.
Goal of the Project
The goal of the "Debian Local Area Network"-project is to make setting up a local network with centralized user and machine management, intranet, etc. as easy as possible in Debian. To do that, the project aims to provide anything needed for such systems: Documentation, code, whatever.
Currently, there are two implementations available.
The recommended approach is a very flexible solution using di-netboots-assistant, preseeding and ansible in combination with provided playbooks. Jump right to the di-netboots-assistant page to get started.
The older, more complete (but also more involved and less tested) setup using the FAI framework and a set of FAI classes.
Infrastructure
Mailing List: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-lan-devel/
Public IRC Channel: #debian-lan on irc.debian.org
Git-Repositories:
Before you commit code, please take a look at our development guidelines.
The content below is superseded by di-netboots-assistant and only partially supported. It is kept for reference and inspiration.
Using FAI
It's recommended to get some familiarity with FAI: FAI-Guide: http://fai-project.org/fai-guide/, read at least "Introduction" (chapter 1) and "Quickstart" (chapter 2). After that, start the deployment of the Debian-LAN system:
Install the FAI-server of the system to be deployed. This can be done by preparing/downloading a CD/USB image or by converting an existing minimal Debian installation. See the bootstrap page for instructions.
- As soon as the FAI-server of the system is set up, all following installations will be accomplished by that server over the network.
- Depending on the environment and use case, add a FAI class which contains additional package selections.
debian-lan-config contains configurations for:
- A mainserver with Kerberos KDC and LDAP including a FAI-server to install clients.
- Clients installed over the network from the mainserver, automounting their kerberized home directories.
- Diskless clients: A machine booted over the network may be used without installation on the local disk.
- Roaming machines that can be used within the Debian-LAN but also off-line.
The system is comparable to the debian-edu network and can be used for schools, small enterprises, associations, (university) work groups or to install complex test environments. It provides the Xfce4, Gnome and LXDE desktop environment by default on the clients. Depending on your needs, you can easily add a customized package selection. For example the metapackages of a Debian Blend.
Details: Description of the system.
Quickstart: Go right to the bootstrap page.
Presentation and Talk: DebConf