FAI Alternatives

FAI is described as 'Fully Automatic Installation, is a non-interactive system to install, customize and manage Linux systems and software configurations on computers as well as virtual machines and chroot environments, from small networks to large-scale infrastructures like clusters and cloud' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 10 alternatives to FAI for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Mac, Windows, BSD and Python apps. The best FAI alternative is Ansible, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like FAI are Salt, Foreman, Chef and Fabric.

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  1. Mina icon
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    Mina is a really fast deployer and server automation tool written in Ruby.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    m23 is a software distribution and management system for the Debian, Ubuntu, Kubuntu Linux, Xubuntu, Linux Mint, elementary OS, Fedora, CentOS and openSUSE distributions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    glu is an open source deployment and monitoring automation platform.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    pconsole is a administrative tool for working with clusters of machines. pconsole allows you to connect to each node of your cluster simultaneously, and you can type your administrative commands in a specialized window that 'multiplies' the input to each to the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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    Fleet Commander is an application that allows you to manage the desktop configuration of a large network of users and workstations/laptops. It is primarily targeted to Linux systems based on the GNOME desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Sprinkle is a software provisioning tool you can use to build remote servers with. eg. to install a Rails, or Sinatra stack on a brand new slice directly after its been created.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
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    Managing workplace systems, users and their resources leads to high costs for organizations. Many IT infrastructures have grown gradually over time to meet users’ requirements resulting in many isolated solutions.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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