Chapter 1. Introduction

Table of Contents
1.1. Availability
1.2. Motivation
1.3. Overview and Concept

AutoYaST2 is the system for installing one ore more SuSE Linux systems automatically and without user intervention. Using AutoYaST2, you can create a configuration for a single system or a set of systems to control automated installations. The control file can be provided to YaST2 during installation in different ways.

1.1. Availability

AutoYaST2 is available with recent SuSE products starting from SuSE Linux 8.0 and will be available with business products based on SLES 8.

Old products perior to SuSE Linux 8.0 and business products relying on SLES 7 have an auto-installation system relying on YaST. A configuration management system is provided by Alice for these products.