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This is just a question out of curiosity, but I would like to know how can you install ubuntu on hundreds/thousands of machines at the same time?

Say I have 100 computer that come with no OS how can I install Ubuntu on them? Shall I proceed with the installation manually on each of them? If not what are the technologies and tools one should know?

lucacerone
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    I am not a networking expert however, I think this official documentation covers it. – g_p Dec 20 '14 at 13:13
  • @g_p wow, could be the answer(+1), but i think he wants to install it really on the machines. – LittleByBlue Dec 20 '14 at 13:19
  • I would try to modify a boot disc( or usb? ) so that automatically at boot from the disc the system with a specified configuration is installed. see https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Remastering_the_Install_ISO – LittleByBlue Dec 20 '14 at 13:24
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    You use kickstart and PXE (netboot) http://fai-project.org/ . IMHO Fedora / RHEL / Centos / Scientific are better (kickstart plus netboot iso) and it also depends on if you are talking gphysical servers or virtualization. With virtualixation you would clone a disk image or use LXC. See also http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/14/html/Installation_Guide/sn-automating-installation.html – Panther Dec 20 '14 at 13:37
  • I think netboot would be an option, but for something like virtualbox( do I understand you right?) he woulde need to install a system on the machine first. – LittleByBlue Dec 20 '14 at 13:44
  • @bodhi.zazen as I sad.... – LittleByBlue Dec 20 '14 at 13:45
  • I folks thanks for all the answers! As some of you guessed correctly I am curious about physical servers/computer. I am aware of some technologies for virtul machines, but I have no idea about physical ones. Also I do not think mine is a duplicate question: while having an installation process that does not require manual inputs is certainly required, there is still the issue of deploying them on the target machines. – lucacerone Dec 20 '14 at 14:05
  • @LittleByBlue- How does remastering the arch CD apply to this question ? any cd will work as is, the OP wants to automate the install which translates into netboot + kickstart, either with Ubuntu or Fedora. Perhaps you have a link to kickstart (or similar) arch ? – Panther Dec 20 '14 at 14:11
  • on debian based distro such as ubuntu, use preseed to automate every expect of options during installation. – grepmaster May 31 '16 at 15:09

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