Calaos OS is the complete system you install on the computer that will run your home. Everything is already included: the Calaos server, the additional services and the configuration tools. There is nothing else to install.
This chapter covers the whole life cycle of your server: installing it, updating it, rolling back if needed, backing up your configuration and solving common problems.
What Calaos OS is and what it gives you.
The hardware needed to run Calaos OS.
Prepare the USB stick, try it out, then install on the disk.
To be done right after installation: replace the two default passwords.
Updating the system and the services, safely.
Setting up the network, services, date, language and notifications.
Putting the server back into an earlier, working state.
Keeping your configuration safe, and restoring it when needed.
The additional software shipped with Calaos OS.
Common failures, and what to do in each case.
Command line, SSH access and how the system works internally.