One of the services built into OS X Server is the NetInstall Service. The NetInstall Service does a number of things to help your clients install or connect to services to help them boot their Macs. Built into the NetInstall Service is a NetBoot, NetInstall and NetRestore service. The NetBoot service creates a bootable disk image that sits on the server that allows your clients to boot their local Macs from that image and run the OS from the server instead of their local machines. The NetInstall service creates a complete OS install image hosted on the server that users can use to install the OS on their local devices. It works like a centralized recovery partition and even lets you customize what is installed and how it is installed. Finally, the NetRestore service restores a volume over the network from the server from a restore image hosted on the server. All of these services appear from the boot screen by holding down the Option Key when you reboot which make these services very easy to access. In this screencast I focus on how to set up the NetInstall service in OS X Server. I cover how to create a disk image, how to customize the image to fit your needs, and how to set up and use the service once you have everything configured. If you have any questions or comments feel free to leave them below or on my Youtube Channel.
