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Can FrontierStack install an operating system on a server remotely?

Yes, without a USB stick. The Boot Media pane keeps your installer ISOs in one library and mounts one as a virtual CD through a server's management controller over Redfish (Dell iDRAC, HPE iLO, Lenovo XClarity, Supermicro X12+), a PiKVM, or a Proxmox VE virtual machine's CD drive, then can boot it once and restart the server. Local images are served from your Mac only to private and Tailscale addresses, at unguessable URLs, and only for as long as you choose. Machines without a controller can network-boot from an iPXE menu; FrontierStack gives you the DHCP settings to paste in but never changes your DHCP server. Macs are different: they can't boot an ISO, and Apple silicon has no network boot, so FrontierStack downloads Apple's full macOS installer on the Mac over SSH and runs an upgrade or an erase-install, and can turn on Content Caching so other Macs download it from your LAN.

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FrontierStack installs, monitors and secures services on this Mac and on linked servers.

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