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# FAQ
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## Do I need to install Linux on my servers before provisioning the homelab?
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No, and it's the beauty of this set up. You start from scratch (empty hard drive), type a single command on your laptop/PC and it will install the OS for you automatically, in parallel via the network.
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## Do I need to keep the PXE server running?
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No, the ephemeral PXE server is stateless, after Linux is installed on your servers you can shut it down (or not, ideally you don't even need to care about its existence).
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The Ansible set up in `./metal` is idempotent and will start the PXE server if needed.
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## Why use Fedora CoreOS instead of a traditional Linux distro?
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There are several benefits:
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- Automatic update
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- Atomic upgrade
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- Immutable
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- Minimal
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- Faster install time (3 minutes compare to 5 minutes on Fedora or CentOS)
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- Faster provisioning (Docker already installed, save 5 minutes)
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However this is a fairly new distro, so it may not be really stable yet.
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## Where Terraform state is stored?
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In a Docker container on the first node, which was created by the `./metal` layer (it's not HA _yet_).
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However I'm experimenting with Cluster API, remove the needs for a Terraform state storage.
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