New Installer: Implementation Proposal

Here are the requirements and possibilities for a new Yast installer.

Requirements

The implementation proposal is designed using these from SLE 12 Installer group.

Here is the list of user stories, use cases, and supported scenarios.

Installer Task

Installer has to deploy a new system to real or virtual hardware as easy as possible, as fast as possible, and as reliable as possible.

Proposal Documents

Installer in General

• Automatic installation
• Extending the installer
• Live installation
• KIWI and Studio Image Deployment
• Installation from images to speed-up the installation process
• Access to the system, so called SCR
• System configuration file
• Roles
• Glossary

Autodetection

• Autodetection of timezone, country, and language via Geo IP
• Automatic NTP Setup

Research Documents

• Scripting languages in the current installer