[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for
this link. ]
“Server provisioning is nothing but load the Linux or
UNIX like operating systems automatically with actual operating
systems, device drivers, data, and make a server ready for network
operation without any user input. Typically you select a server
from a pool of available servers, load the operating systems (such
as RHEL, Fedora, FreeBSD, Debian), and finally customize storage,
network (IP, gateway, bounding etc), drivers, applications, users
etc. Using the following tools you can perform automated unattended
operating system installation, configuration, set virtual machines
and much more. These software can be used to install a lot (say
thousands) of Linux and UNIX systems at the same time. Kickstart“From the official Redhat guide:
“Many system administrators would prefer to use an automated
installation method to install Red Hat / CentOS / Fedora Linux on
their machines. To answer this need, Red Hat created the kickstart
installation method. Using kickstart, a system administrator can
create a single file containing the answers to all the questions
that would normally be asked during a typical Red Hat Linux
installation. Kickstart provides a way for users to automate a Red
Hat Enterprise Linux installation.”