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fsi is a web portal and some additional installation, configuration and update functions for:
- VMware ESXi 5.x, 6.x and 7.x
- Citrix XenServer 6.x, 7.x and Citrix Hypervisor 8.x
- XCP-ng Server 7.x and 8.x
- CentOS 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x and RockyLinux/Alma Linux 8.x
- RedHat Enterprise 5.x, 6.x, 7.x and 8.x
In the fsi portal you can add or import different server configuration. The installation and running servers are monitored with some detail views. Each detail server web page has the posibility to patch the server with new fixes or updates. Rudimentary virtual machine actions can use to prepare these server for update/reboots.
A virtual machine cloning uses VMware API to clone / backup virtual machines. Controlled through schedule you can start a backup rotation scheme Grandfather-father-son or simple unique. Clones can be put on ESXi datastores and scp/nfs/cifs targets. Clone process is running with online and offline virtual machines.
The fsi web portal and the installation functions run on their own fsi deploy server. This distribution, installation, configuration, administration and monitoring server is the central heart of fsi.
Although fsi is not a 100% perfect and ready-made solution by my Swabian standard, it is currently used to support about 90 ESXi servers, more than 500 XenServers and nearly 50 Linux VMs and servers on Dell, HPE, Fujitsu and Lenovo hardware at several very large companies and institutions.
- VMware ESXi 5.x, 6.x and 7.x
- Citrix XenServer 6.x, 7.x and Citrix Hypervisor 8.x
- XCP-ng Server 7.x and 8.x
- CentOS 5.x, 6.x, 7.x, 8.x and RockyLinux/Alma Linux 8.x
- RedHat Enterprise 5.x, 6.x, 7.x and 8.x
In the fsi portal you can add or import different server configuration. The installation and running servers are monitored with some detail views. Each detail server web page has the posibility to patch the server with new fixes or updates. Rudimentary virtual machine actions can use to prepare these server for update/reboots.
A virtual machine cloning uses VMware API to clone / backup virtual machines. Controlled through schedule you can start a backup rotation scheme Grandfather-father-son or simple unique. Clones can be put on ESXi datastores and scp/nfs/cifs targets. Clone process is running with online and offline virtual machines.
The fsi web portal and the installation functions run on their own fsi deploy server. This distribution, installation, configuration, administration and monitoring server is the central heart of fsi.
Although fsi is not a 100% perfect and ready-made solution by my Swabian standard, it is currently used to support about 90 ESXi servers, more than 500 XenServers and nearly 50 Linux VMs and servers on Dell, HPE, Fujitsu and Lenovo hardware at several very large companies and institutions.
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contact
For further information or question on fsi and its portal or installations scripts, please write a email to
info [ at ] fsiproject.org
to contact me.
You can follow our project on GitHub.
info [ at ] fsiproject.org
to contact me.
You can follow our project on GitHub.
wiki
For detail information and documentation please use our fsi wiki. If your browser do not start the wiki now, use this link wiki.fsiproject.org
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History:
2021/07: fsi now support Alma Linux
2021/05: fsi now support RockyLinux
2020/12: fsi server config can add pre or post scripts without changing org sub or inst directory
2020/09: fsi support VMware ESXi 7.0 / support for certificates installation
2020/08: fsi deploy server installation with unattended iso + fsiinst, both created with unattended scripts and a config file
2020/07: fsi support Citrix Hypervisor 8.20 LTS / XCP-ng 8.10-2
2019/12: fsi support Citrix Hypervisor 8.10
2019/06: fsi support Citrix Hypervisor 8.00
2018/04: fsi work fine with XCP-ng 7.4 server (XenServer fork) / add support for ESXi 6.7
2017/09: drop support for fsi server os CentOS and RedHat 5.x
2017/08: full support of XenServer 7.2 (with .iso updates)
2017/04: full support of XenServer 7.0 and 7.1 (with .iso updates)
2017/02: full support of VMware ESXi 6.5 unattended installation
2016/08: fsi portal overview with filter and sorting functions, move long time jobs in background
2016/06: fsi portal support for AD or LDAP users and groups working
2016/04: fsi deploy server is now running with CentOS and RedHat Enterprise Linux 7
2016/03: Start flexible remote control - means I can now support different remote boards (hp ilo, ibm bmc) and virtual machines on different hypervisor (vm on esxi over vc), storage system is fibre channel on netapp and emc
2016/01: I start using fsi at a second installation environment with more than 150 XenServer. Add basic fibre channel support.
2015/10: Create DVD/ISO for unattended install a new fsi server with CentOS 6. If a nfs mountable export exist with defined dir structure and archive the complete server installation run without manual interaction.
2015/08: I support an installation environment with 3 fsi deploy servers and over 600 XenServer and 100 ESXi server. NFS is used for central storage system.
2015/07: fsiproject.org open on it`s own webpage and the source are on a personal git server
History:
2021/07: fsi now support Alma Linux
2021/05: fsi now support RockyLinux
2020/12: fsi server config can add pre or post scripts without changing org sub or inst directory
2020/09: fsi support VMware ESXi 7.0 / support for certificates installation
2020/08: fsi deploy server installation with unattended iso + fsiinst, both created with unattended scripts and a config file
2020/07: fsi support Citrix Hypervisor 8.20 LTS / XCP-ng 8.10-2
2019/12: fsi support Citrix Hypervisor 8.10
2019/06: fsi support Citrix Hypervisor 8.00
2018/04: fsi work fine with XCP-ng 7.4 server (XenServer fork) / add support for ESXi 6.7
2017/09: drop support for fsi server os CentOS and RedHat 5.x
2017/08: full support of XenServer 7.2 (with .iso updates)
2017/04: full support of XenServer 7.0 and 7.1 (with .iso updates)
2017/02: full support of VMware ESXi 6.5 unattended installation
2016/08: fsi portal overview with filter and sorting functions, move long time jobs in background
2016/06: fsi portal support for AD or LDAP users and groups working
2016/04: fsi deploy server is now running with CentOS and RedHat Enterprise Linux 7
2016/03: Start flexible remote control - means I can now support different remote boards (hp ilo, ibm bmc) and virtual machines on different hypervisor (vm on esxi over vc), storage system is fibre channel on netapp and emc
2016/01: I start using fsi at a second installation environment with more than 150 XenServer. Add basic fibre channel support.
2015/10: Create DVD/ISO for unattended install a new fsi server with CentOS 6. If a nfs mountable export exist with defined dir structure and archive the complete server installation run without manual interaction.
2015/08: I support an installation environment with 3 fsi deploy servers and over 600 XenServer and 100 ESXi server. NFS is used for central storage system.
2015/07: fsiproject.org open on it`s own webpage and the source are on a personal git server