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Deployment
Linux systems are generally deployed using PXE and Kickstart. We use iPXE, which can retrieve its configuration via HTTP(S) and therefore gives us a lot of flexibility, because the iPXE configuration can be generated on the fly with the specific settings needed by the booting client. In the same way the Kickstart configuration for the RHEL installer is auto-generated.
The information used for generating the iPXE and Kickstart configurations is stored in the sysdb (see below). The sysdb is accessible through a web api, and a command line client is available.
When PXE boot is not an option, e.g. in restricted networks, it is possible to start iPXE from a USB stick or other media.