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A tool for automating the installation of the Microsoft Windows operating system on various device platforms.
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A tool for automating the installation of the Microsoft Windows operating system on various device platforms.

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# Glazier



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[Gla·zier](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glazier) /ˈɡlāZHər/ *noun*: a person

who installs windows.



Glazier is a tool developed at Google for automating Windows operating system

deployments.



### How it works



*   Boots a system into the Windows Preinstallation Environment (WinPE)

*   Reaches out to a web server for instructions over HTTPS

*   Applies a base operating system

*   Installs applications and configurations to said operating system



Want to dive right in? See our [docs site](https://google.github.io/glazier) for

how you can get started with Glazier.



## Why Glazier?



Glazier was created with the following three core principles in mind:



### 1. Text-Based & Code-Driven



With Glazier, imaging is configured entirely via YAML files. This allows

engineers to leverage source control systems to maintain and develop their

imaging platform. By keeping imaging configs in source control, we gain peer

review, change history, rollback/forward, and all the other benefits normally

reserved for writing code.



Reuse and templating allows for config sharing across multiple image types.



Configs can be consumed by unit tests, build simulators, and other helper

infrastructure to build a robust, automated imaging pipeline.



Source controlled text makes it easy to integrate configs across multiple

branches, making it easy to QA new changes before releasing them to the general

population.



### 2. Scalability



Glazier distributes all data over HTTPS, which means you can use as simple or as

advanced of a distribution platform as you need. Run it from a simple free web

server or a large cloud-based CDN. HTTPS is a requirement.



Proxies make it easy to accelerate image deployment to remote sites.



### 3. Extensibility



Glazier makes it simple to extend the installer by writing a bit of Python or

PowerShell code. See creating new actions under docs to get started.



Glazier's Actions are the core of the system's configuration language. Glazier

ships with some [existing actions](https://google.github.io/glazier/actions),

but for more custom functionality, you can also create your own.



## Getting started



See our [setup docs](https://google.github.io/glazier/setup) to learn about how

you can get started with Glazier in your own environment.



## Contact



We'd love to hear from you! If you have any questions or suggestions regarding

the documentation below, please make a post in our public discussion list at

[[email protected]](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/glazier-discuss).



If you have any general questions for the Windows Team at Google that wrote

Glazier, please make a post in our public discussion list at

[[email protected]](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/google-winops).



## Disclaimer



Glazier is maintained by a small team at Google. Support for this repo is

treated as best effort, and issues will be responded to as engineering time

permits.



This is not an official Google product.