automated installation system

[Shlomi Fish]

Hi Ido,

On Wednesday 16 Jun 2010 11:47:32 ik wrote:
> Hello List,
> 
> I'm looking for an automated installation system, like kickstart but not
> for PXE.
> What I'm looking for is a way to generate a script that can add repository
> for the package management.
> Download, Compile and install things automatically.
> Prompt for specific questions such as IP number, passwords etc.. when
> needed.
> 
> And that it will run on an installed version of CentOS rather then a PXE (a
> clean installation). So I need to be able to place such scripts from remote
> (no physical access to the machine).
> 
> Does anyone here know of a good system that can provide it ?
> 

This Google search for "yum api" returns some results:

http://www.google.com/search?q=yum%20api

Maybe you can use the Yum API to write something (in Python).

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

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