@stacksofplates said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

@Romo said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

@coliver said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

Ansible or kickstart files could go a long way to automating the process. So if you ever have to deploy more its just dropping it into the environment without touching it again.

Can I use Kickstart with Debian base distros?

Debian has preseed and I've never used it. Kickstarts are great because you can do a lot with your post install. It's essentially a big shell script. So you can update, configure users, make config backups, etc.

Is it worth to learn about preseeding in this case or using something like Clonezilla would be better in your opinion @stacksofplates

https://docs.ansible.com/ They separate both in the docs.

@coliver said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

Ansible or kickstart files could go a long way to automating the process. So if you ever have to deploy more its just dropping it into the environment without touching it again.

Can I use Kickstart with Debian base distros?

@Breffni-Potter said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

$5000 a year for Ansible and a 100 device minimum?

What is this madness?

That is Ansible Tower

@scottalanmiller said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

What distro is this going to be?

Its going to be Ubuntu Mate

@scottalanmiller said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

@Romo said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

@coliver said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

Ansible or kickstart files could go a long way to automating the process. So if you ever have to deploy more its just dropping it into the environment without touching it again.

I am planning on using ansible for configuration management, didn't know I could deploy to fisical hardware with it.

Well you don't. You deploy a stock base image of the OS. But you just do a normal deployment or a minorly modified one with the Ansible setup in it. Then Ansible does the rest.

Well that is my question, what is the best way to deploy the image to the hardware

@coliver said in What is the best way to deploy Linux desktops?:

Ansible or kickstart files could go a long way to automating the process. So if you ever have to deploy more its just dropping it into the environment without touching it again.

I am planning on using ansible for configuration management, didn't know I could deploy to fisical hardware with it.

I am going to have to deploy 30 Linux desktops, I was actually thinking on just using Clonezilla SE and deploying the image that way. Just wanted to check with the community if this would be the most appropiate way.

I use virt manager as well

I use afraid.org as well

@nvila what @coliver says is right, we really can't give you an estimate of how much time someone would take to fix an unknown error.

@FATeknollogee said in Installing a Starwind SAN on Windows Server 2012 R2:

Paging @KOOLER Will the performance of the appliances be as good or better than the native windows install?

It must be at least as good, why release an inferior product.

Yes if you installed gnome, it probably installed gnome-boxes which is an application to manage vms so that's why it installed libvirt.

After some further testing I am beginning to think that the problem didn't have anything to do with the vnic's, though.

Yeah, probably nothing to do with the outage, hope you find the true problem.

Hope you have fun and a great Mangocon start

Since you are using vSphere client, you must be using VMware as your hypervisor.

It is indeed really strange why Kvm virtualization packages would be installed in your vms.

You have libvirt installed that's why the virbr0 nics where created and you could delete them with virsh.

It is not part of the default Centos 7 minimal install.

@DustinB3403 said in Xen Orchestra new design:

@hobbit666 said in Xen Orchestra new design:

@DustinB3403 said in Xen Orchestra new design:

@hobbit666 Do you have the update script?
I'm assuming you're on the "stable" branch.

Ur and Ur
Home time so will check tomorrow and off top of my head no to the update script.

What does that mean?

I would guess:

Your right, Your Right

I am going home so I will check tomorrow and no I have not been using the update script.

@scottalanmiller what is the size of the vm's disk?

@fuznutz04 said in Programming Printers:

Actual video of me programming my coffee pot to brew coffee...

Coffee Programming

Need a written guide, can't really follow along with just the video when "programming" is so complex.

So when can I learn how to program printers during my internship, I MUST have this knowledge.