Install Windows 11 over the network with netboot.xyz, automated install with unattend.xml

Install Windows 11 (or a lot of different OSs or tools available) via the network, instead of having to store them in a flash drive. We use an unattend.xml or autounattend.xml file

Link to my blogpost with all the comments
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0:00 - Important info
1:34 - FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
3:24 - Linux server deployment
3:50 - Configure sudo access
5:27 - Install docker
6:32 - Get VM IP address
6:58 - Deploy containers with docker compose
7:04 - Clone GitHub repo where containers are
7:27 - Deploy netboot.xyz container
8:30 - Deploy samba container
13:03 - Configure your router (mikrotik in my case)
15:07 - Download additional menus
16:38 - Configure netboot.xyz to use local assets
17:45 - Download an asset locally and test
19:28 - Boot a machine to test a local asset
22:10 - Create Windows 11 installation media
22:34 - Download and extract the Windows ISO to samba drive
26:43 - Download and install WinPE
29:16 - Create Bootable WinPE media (WinPE ISO)
32:14 - Copy the WinPE ISO files to the samba server
34:45 - Configure netboot to point to the WinPE files
35:50 - Configure custom options in windows.ipxe
36:57 - Configure samba server and password in winpe files
39:24 - Configure autoattend.xml file
41:51 - Disable secure boot
42:24 - Install windows via netboot.xyz

By the end of this tutorial, you will have learned how to:
- Install docker on Linux
- Deploy the `netboot.xyz` and `samba` containers
- Create winpe images
- Install Windows 11 over the network
- And much more

Disclaimer:
- This tutorial is designed purely for educational objectives.
- Microsoft activation keys are not included at any stage of this tutorial.
Also, refrain from sharing any Windows activation keys in the comment section.
- You can use generic Microsoft keys to install a specific windows version
but these keys will **not activate** Windows, you will need to provide your
own purchased license key to activate Windows later on.
- So this guide is meant for use with a Windows activation key that you have
legally acquired.

Help out devs:
- If you like the netboot.xyz project, please donate to their devs, if possible
at least one time
- https://github.com/sponsors/netbootxyz
- I don't know the developers, nor had I had any contact with them

Alternatives:
- If you don't want to boot over network, there's Ventoy, that allows you to
store multile ISOs in a flash drive and boot from those
- https://github.com/ventoy/Ventoy
- That's not the purpose of this guide, this is specifically to avoid USB
drives, and boot from the network instead

Credits:
- This guide was built on Techno Tim's YouTube video, I didn't know about
netboot.xyz before this
- https://youtu.be/4btW5x_clpg?si=G7_bLA6axCvOIx53
- I was having issues with the Windows installation part, but with a comment
from user @jaromirrivera on Techno Tim's blogpost I was able to figure it out
and go from there
- https://technotim.live/posts/netbootxyz-tutorial/

BIOS or UEFI?
- BIOS and UEFI are firmware types, and they serve as an interface between the
computer's operating system and its hardware, performing initial hardware
checks and booting the operating system
- `Personally, I'll handle everything with UEFI`
- If your machine is kind of old, and the only option it has available is BIOS
then set your boot file type, on your router, to a BIOS one, see below how
to do this
- I tested running Windows 11 in both UEFI and BIOS and it worked fine in both

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