Using Ansible for bare metal installation for linux, windows and esx

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Hi Team,

Curious to know if Ansible can do bare metal installation from scratch by integrating with PXE. The requirement is to install Linux, Windows and VMware from scratch.

What I am aiming is to do remote installation for RHEL/SLES/Windows/ESX like the way their native installation techniques of kickstart,… ie, Single approach for remote installation via Ansible.

Any inputs are appreciated.

Thanks,

Dinil

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Hi Dinil,

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Just for you information, I use the Foreman do do bare metal provisioning. With Ansible on top, it's a pretty nice setup.