Zusammenfassung
AutoYaST is a system for auto-installing and configuring Linux without user interaction. AutoYaST is fully integrated in the SuSE Linux installer YaST2 and is available on SuSE Linux since 8.0. Unlike previous systems, AutoYaST configurations are XML based and the configuration is fully compatible with configuration modules in YaST2. The talk will cover history and development of auto-installation with Linux in general and SuSE Linux in particular and continue with the implemetation and internals of AutoYaST and how it is integrated in YaST2. Emphasis will be placed on network based auto-installations in hetrogenous computing environments with scenarios and possible solutions using auto-installation. Additionaly, advanced features like classes support and rules based installations will be explored and put into practical examples. The XML based profile controlling the auto-installation process and further technologies used for manipulating profiles (XSLT, YaST2's own interpreter etc. ) will be explained and demonstrated.
The intended audience is technical and range from the experienced linux user to the corporate system administrator. The talk will be of special interest for those envolved in computing environments with several Linux systems.
Über den Autor
Anas Nashif graduated as an Industrial Engineer in Mannheim. Germany. He joined the HPC team at the computing center at the University of Mannheim after graduation and managed HPC clusters and Internet services at the University of Mannheim. In 1999 Anas joined Development at SuSE and focused on high performance computing with SuSE Linux. Since spring 2001, Anas has been working on developing and implementing auto-installation, distributed and remote management in the SuSE installer YaST2.
