FastR documentation

FastR runs the Windows machines in a room from one place: they boot from the network, run an image you built once, and are back in a known state at the next reboot.

Start here

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Overview	What FastR is, what it replaces, and where it stands today
What it costs	Free while in development, and what comes after
Requirements	Hardware, network, ports, privileges — check before installing

Concepts

How the product thinks. Read these once; everything else assumes them.

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How a boot works	Power-on to Windows, and what to check when a machine doesn't boot
Images and layers	One image for many machines: layers, branches, capture, merge
Hosts and host groups	Registering machines, managing them in groups, the boot menu
The two ways to boot Windows	NativeBoot and iSCSI
Glossary	Every FastR word in one place

Doing things

Guide
Setting up the coordinator	The web interface, as a container
Secure Boot on client machines	What each machine needs, per board brand

The pieces

Component
Coordinator	The web interface: setup, configuration, deployment, Docker examples, operations
Server	What runs at a site
Agent	The Windows service inside the image
Provisioner	The environment that prepares a machine before Windows
Firmware	What a machine loads from the network first