We now also offer opsi server packages for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial. This distro is also a basis for a new opsi bootimage (based on kernel 4.4.11).
We are particularly proud and happy about the extensive possibilities offered by the opsi Linux support now. Opsi had evolved in the direction of a Configuration Management software tool to manage complex infrastructures. It supports a 'Continous Integration'-Process in heterogeneous environments (Windows / Linux).
The opsi Linux supports automated installation and configuration of Linux distributions. With the netboot product l-opsi-server you can automatically deploy on a Linux server an opsi-server - and set it for example, as a Depot-server. We use this extensively for our internal automated software testing. Linux and Windows clients can be managed in the same management interface and also use the same script syntax.
Since opsi 4.0.7 the opsi-linux-client-agent features 15 free starts that can be performed, without the need of activation. What is also new about the licensing of Linux support is that only the real Linux clients count towards an licensing/activation.
The refinanced opsi extension software-on-demand was extensively reworked and now released free as part of the opsi-client agent. A user without administrative rights can hereby initiate a opsi installation of certain selected software on its PC. The client kiosk is not web-based anymore, in contrast to its predecessor. It's an application and can be adapted to the visual standards of the company where it's set.
With the WakeOnLan function you can with opsi-configed Version 4.0.7 select,
• if the Network signal should be sent directly to all of the clients
• whether an interval should be use between two clients for the wake signal
• when the process should be started (scheduler)
Plus extra improvements, by password handling, extended search and group functions.
Learn more about the extensive changes and improvements in
http://download.uib.de/opsi4.0/doc/opsi-v407-releasenotes-en.pdf
as well as in Video
opsi Release-407