https://github.com/agama-project/agama
A service-based Linux installer
https://github.com/agama-project/agama
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A service-based Linux installer
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/agama-project/agama
- Owner: agama-project
- License: gpl-2.0
- Created: 2021-12-20T16:57:45.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-07-08T17:05:02.000Z (3 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-07-08T18:28:03.459Z (3 months ago)
- Topics: installler, linux, opensuse, suse
- Language: Ruby
- Homepage: https://agama-project.github.io/
- Size: 59 MB
- Stars: 187
- Watchers: 18
- Forks: 54
- Open Issues: 100
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
- License: LICENSE
- Security: SECURITY.md
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README
# Agama: A Service-based Linux Installer
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Agama is a new Linux installer born in the core of the YaST team. It is designed to offer
re-usability, integration with third party tools and the possibility of building advanced user
interfaces over it.
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## Why a New Installer
This new project follows two main motivations: to overcome some of the limitations of YaST and to
serve as installer for new projects, like those based on SUSE Linux Framework One.
YaST is a mature installer and control center for SUSE and openSUSE operating systems. With more
than 20 years behind it, YaST is a competent and flexible installer able to cover uncountable use
cases. But time goes by, and the good old YaST is starting to show its age in some aspects:
- The architecture of YaST is complex and its code-base has too much technical debt.
- Designing and building rich and modern user interfaces is a real challenge.
- Sharing logic with other tools like Salt or Ansible is very difficult.
- Some in-house solutions like [libyui](https://github.com/libyui/libyui) make more difficult to
contribute to the project.
## Running Agama
The easiest way to give Agama a try is to grab a live ISO image and boot it in a virtual machine.
This is also the recommended way if you only want to play and see it in action. If you want to have
a closer look, then clone and configure the project as explained in the next section.
You can download the ISO from the
[openSUSE Build Service](https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/systemsmanagement:/Agama:/Devel/images/iso/).
> [!NOTE]
> Make sure to download the correct ISO file according to your system architecture (eg. you would
> need to choose a file including `x86_64` if you use an Intel or AMD 64-bit processor).
## Remote access
The Live ISO automatically starts a graphical interface (using the local browser). However, you
might want to access remotely to the installer. If you know the IP address of the system, you just
need to point your browser to `https://$IP`.
For the case you do not know the address, or just for convenience, the Live ISO is configured to use
[Multicast DNS](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multicast_DNS) (sometimes called mDNS, Avahi,
Zeroconf, Bonjour) for hostname resolution. Therefore, connecting to `https://agama.local` should do
the trick.
> [!WARNING]
> Do not use the `.local` hostnames in untrusted networks (like public WiFi networks, shared
> networks), it is a security risk. An attacker can easily send malicious responses for the `.local`
> hostname resolutions and point you to a wrong Agama instance which could for example steal your
> root password!
If you have troubles or you want to know more about this feature, check our [Remote
access](https://agama-project.github.io/docs/user/remote) documentation.
## Other Resources
- If you want to know how Agama works, you should read about
[Agama's architecture](https://agama-project.github.io/docs/devel/architecture)
- If you would like to [contribute](#how-to-contribute), you might be interested in:
- [Running Agama from sources](https://agama-project.github.io/docs/devel/running).
- [Working with Agama's web server](./rust/WEB-SERVER.md).
- [Working with Agama's web UI](./web/README.md).
- You can check the overall status of the project through the [status page](/STATUS.md).
## How to Contribute
If you want to contribute to Agama, then please open a pull request or report an issue. You can also
get involved in [our discussions](https://github.com/openSUSE/agama/discussions).
For more details, please read the [contributing](CONTRIBUTING.md) guidelines.
### Translators
Thank you for translating Agama to your language!
If something is broken about the translations, see the detailed
[Agama i18n workflow and internals][i18n] documentation.
See also the [openSUSE Translation][trans-ml] mailing list and its archives.
[i18n]: https://agama-project.github.io/docs/devel/i18n
[trans-ml]: https://lists.opensuse.org/manage/lists/translation.lists.opensuse.org/