First the legal stuff: I put this code under the GPLv2, as you can find it in the LICENSE file in the root directory of the distribution.

Screenshots: Normal view (Unreachable hosts are laptops not in office or VMs switched off)

View with Log subwindow (the fai softupdate stdout is displayed in the lower window, and updated as soon as new data arrives)

Now a word to the needed packages: for the frontend, you need the Curses::UI perl module, in Debian you get it via

apt-get install libcurses-ui-perl

On the client side, fai-client is needed and of course a FAI configuration which is update-safe.

I know the code is quite rough, as though I tried programming cleanly, a lot of hacks have slipped in, and I don't have the time to clean up the code right now due to my diploma thesis' deadline ;)

If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to write me.

Henning Glawe [email protected]