diff --git a/po/POTFILES.in b/po/POTFILES.in
index 1fe47dc5..c149c731 100644
--- a/po/POTFILES.in
+++ b/po/POTFILES.in
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 [encoding: UTF-8]
 subiquity/client/client.py
 subiquity/client/controller.py
+subiquity/client/controllers/__init__.py
+subiquity/client/controllers/progress.py
 subiquity/client/__init__.py
 subiquity/client/keycodes.py
 subiquity/cmd/common.py
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@ subiquity/controllers/error.py
 subiquity/controllers/filesystem.py
 subiquity/controllers/identity.py
 subiquity/controllers/__init__.py
-subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
 subiquity/controllers/keyboard.py
 subiquity/controllers/mirror.py
 subiquity/controllers/network.py
@@ -122,6 +123,7 @@ subiquity/models/tests/test_mirror.py
 subiquity/models/tests/test_subiquity.py
 subiquity/server/controller.py
 subiquity/server/controllers/__init__.py
+subiquity/server/controllers/install.py
 subiquity/server/dryrun.py
 subiquity/server/errors.py
 subiquity/server/__init__.py
diff --git a/subiquity/client/client.py b/subiquity/client/client.py
index 9f658012..652f4b4d 100644
--- a/subiquity/client/client.py
+++ b/subiquity/client/client.py
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ class SubiquityClient(TuiApplication):
     def make_ui(self):
         return SubiquityUI(self, self.help_menu)
 
-    controllers = []
+    controllers = [
+        "Progress",
+        ]
 
     def __init__(self, opts):
         if is_linux_tty():
diff --git a/subiquity/client/controllers/__init__.py b/subiquity/client/controllers/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..24de8e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subiquity/client/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Copyright 2020 Canonical, Ltd.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from .progress import ProgressController
+
+__all__ = [
+    'ProgressController',
+]
diff --git a/subiquity/client/controllers/progress.py b/subiquity/client/controllers/progress.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e02bdf12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subiquity/client/controllers/progress.py
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+# Copyright 2015 Canonical, Ltd.
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
+# published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+# License, or (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+import asyncio
+import logging
+
+import aiohttp
+
+from subiquitycore.context import with_context
+
+from subiquity.client.controller import SubiquityTuiController
+from subiquity.common.types import InstallState
+from subiquity.ui.views.installprogress import (
+    InstallRunning,
+    ProgressView,
+    )
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger("subiquity.client.controllers.progress")
+
+
+class ProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
+
+    endpoint_name = 'install'
+
+    def __init__(self, app):
+        super().__init__(app)
+        self.progress_view = ProgressView(self)
+        self.install_state = None
+        self.crash_report_ref = None
+        self.answers = app.answers.get("InstallProgress", {})
+
+    def event(self, event):
+        if event["SUBIQUITY_EVENT_TYPE"] == "start":
+            self.progress_view.event_start(
+                event["SUBIQUITY_CONTEXT_ID"],
+                event.get("SUBIQUITY_CONTEXT_PARENT_ID"),
+                event["MESSAGE"])
+        elif event["SUBIQUITY_EVENT_TYPE"] == "finish":
+            self.progress_view.event_finish(
+                event["SUBIQUITY_CONTEXT_ID"])
+
+    def log_line(self, event):
+        log_line = event['MESSAGE']
+        self.progress_view.add_log_line(log_line)
+
+    def cancel(self):
+        pass
+
+    def start(self):
+        self.app.aio_loop.create_task(self._wait_status())
+
+    def click_reboot(self):
+        self.app.aio_loop.create_task(self.send_reboot_and_wait())
+
+    async def send_reboot_and_wait(self):
+        try:
+            await self.app.client.reboot.POST()
+        except aiohttp.ClientError:
+            pass
+        self.app.exit()
+
+    @with_context()
+    async def _wait_status(self, context):
+        install_running = None
+        while True:
+            try:
+                install_status = await self.endpoint.status.GET(
+                    cur=self.install_state)
+            except aiohttp.ClientError:
+                await asyncio.sleep(1)
+                continue
+            self.install_state = install_status.state
+
+            self.progress_view.update_for_state(self.install_state)
+            if self.ui.body is self.progress_view:
+                self.ui.set_header(self.progress_view.title)
+
+            if install_status.error is not None:
+                if self.crash_report_ref is None:
+                    self.crash_report_ref = install_status.error
+                    self.ui.set_body(self.progress_view)
+                    self.app.show_error_report(self.crash_report_ref)
+
+            if self.install_state == InstallState.NEEDS_CONFIRMATION:
+                if self.showing:
+                    self.app.show_confirm_install()
+
+            if self.install_state == InstallState.RUNNING:
+                if install_status.confirming_tty != self.app.our_tty:
+                    install_running = InstallRunning(
+                        self.app, install_status.confirming_tty)
+                    self.app.add_global_overlay(install_running)
+            else:
+                if install_running is not None:
+                    self.app.remove_global_overlay(install_running)
+                    install_running = None
+
+            if self.install_state == InstallState.DONE:
+                if self.answers.get('reboot', False):
+                    self.click_reboot()
+
+    def make_ui(self):
+        if self.install_state == InstallState.NEEDS_CONFIRMATION:
+            self.app.show_confirm_install()
+        return self.progress_view
+
+    def run_answers(self):
+        pass
diff --git a/subiquity/common/apidef.py b/subiquity/common/apidef.py
index ed97fdb8..299ae9e4 100644
--- a/subiquity/common/apidef.py
+++ b/subiquity/common/apidef.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ from subiquity.common.types import (
     ApplicationState,
     ApplicationStatus,
     ErrorReportRef,
+    InstallState,
+    InstallStatus,
     )
 
 
@@ -55,3 +57,7 @@ class API:
         class crash:
             def GET() -> None:
                 """Requests to this method will fail with a HTTP 500."""
+
+    class install:
+        class status:
+            def GET(cur: Optional[InstallState] = None) -> InstallStatus: ...
diff --git a/subiquity/common/types.py b/subiquity/common/types.py
index 7382e252..fb82e8b9 100644
--- a/subiquity/common/types.py
+++ b/subiquity/common/types.py
@@ -183,3 +183,10 @@ class InstallState(enum.Enum):
     UU_CANCELLING = enum.auto()
     DONE = enum.auto()
     ERROR = enum.auto()
+
+
+@attr.s(auto_attribs=True)
+class InstallStatus:
+    state: InstallState
+    confirming_tty: str = ''
+    error: Optional[ErrorReportRef] = None
diff --git a/subiquity/controllers/__init__.py b/subiquity/controllers/__init__.py
index 36e903da..25a94520 100644
--- a/subiquity/controllers/__init__.py
+++ b/subiquity/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ from .debconf import DebconfController
 from .error import ErrorController
 from .filesystem import FilesystemController
 from .identity import IdentityController
-from .installprogress import InstallProgressController
 from .keyboard import KeyboardController
 from .mirror import MirrorController
 from .network import NetworkController
@@ -40,7 +39,6 @@ __all__ = [
     'ErrorController',
     'FilesystemController',
     'IdentityController',
-    'InstallProgressController',
     'KeyboardController',
     'LateController',
     'MirrorController',
diff --git a/subiquity/server/controllers/__init__.py b/subiquity/server/controllers/__init__.py
index 8e549e25..ee88e0f1 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/controllers/__init__.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/controllers/__init__.py
@@ -12,3 +12,9 @@
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from .install import InstallController
+
+__all__ = [
+    'InstallController',
+]
diff --git a/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py b/subiquity/server/controllers/install.py
similarity index 75%
rename from subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
rename to subiquity/server/controllers/install.py
index 57244408..66e59130 100644
--- a/subiquity/controllers/installprogress.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/controllers/install.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 2015 Canonical, Ltd.
+# Copyright 2020 Canonical, Ltd.
 #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 # it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import re
 import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
-import traceback
+from typing import Optional
 
 from curtin.commands.install import (
     ERROR_TARFILE,
@@ -29,13 +29,10 @@ from curtin.commands.install import (
     )
 from curtin.util import write_file
 
-from systemd import journal
-
 import yaml
 
 from subiquitycore.async_helpers import (
     run_in_thread,
-    schedule_task,
     )
 from subiquitycore.context import Status, with_context
 from subiquitycore.utils import (
@@ -43,14 +40,18 @@ from subiquitycore.utils import (
     astart_command,
     )
 
+from subiquity.common.apidef import API
 from subiquity.common.errorreport import ErrorReportKind
-from subiquity.common.types import InstallState
-from subiquity.controller import SubiquityTuiController
+from subiquity.server.controller import (
+    SubiquityController,
+    )
+from subiquity.common.types import (
+    InstallState,
+    InstallStatus,
+    )
 from subiquity.journald import journald_listen
-from subiquity.ui.views.installprogress import ProgressView
 
-
-log = logging.getLogger("subiquitycore.controller.installprogress")
+log = logging.getLogger("subiquity.server.controllers.install")
 
 
 class TracebackExtractor:
@@ -72,18 +73,16 @@ class TracebackExtractor:
             self.traceback.append(line)
 
 
-class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
+class InstallController(SubiquityController):
+
+    endpoint = API.install
 
     def __init__(self, app):
         super().__init__(app)
         self.model = app.base_model
-        self.progress_view = ProgressView(self)
-        self.crash_report_ref = None
         self._install_state = InstallState.NOT_STARTED
-
-        self.reboot_clicked = asyncio.Event()
-        if self.answers.get('reboot', False):
-            self.reboot_clicked.set()
+        self._install_state_event = asyncio.Event()
+        self.error_ref = None
 
         self.unattended_upgrades_proc = None
         self.unattended_upgrades_ctx = None
@@ -91,71 +90,53 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
         self.tb_extractor = TracebackExtractor()
         self.curtin_event_contexts = {}
 
-    def event(self, event):
-        if event["SUBIQUITY_EVENT_TYPE"] == "start":
-            self.progress_view.event_start(
-                event["SUBIQUITY_CONTEXT_ID"],
-                event.get("SUBIQUITY_CONTEXT_PARENT_ID"),
-                event["MESSAGE"])
-        elif event["SUBIQUITY_EVENT_TYPE"] == "finish":
-            self.progress_view.event_finish(
-                event["SUBIQUITY_CONTEXT_ID"])
-
-    def log_line(self, event):
-        log_line = event['MESSAGE']
-        self.progress_view.add_log_line(log_line)
-
     def interactive(self):
-        return self.app.interactive()
+        return True
+
+    async def status_GET(
+            self, cur: Optional[InstallState] = None) -> InstallStatus:
+        if cur == self.install_state:
+            await self._install_state_event.wait()
+        return InstallStatus(
+            self.install_state,
+            self.app.confirming_tty,
+            self.error_ref)
+
+    def stop_uu(self):
+        if self.install_state == InstallState.UU_RUNNING:
+            self.update_state(InstallState.UU_CANCELLING)
+            self.app.aio_loop.create_task(self.stop_unattended_upgrades())
 
     def start(self):
-        self.install_task = schedule_task(self.install())
-
-    @with_context()
-    async def apply_autoinstall_config(self, context):
-        await self.install_task
-        self.app.reboot_on_exit = True
+        self.install_task = self.app.aio_loop.create_task(self.install())
 
     @property
     def install_state(self):
         return self._install_state
 
     def update_state(self, state):
+        self._install_state_event.set()
+        self._install_state_event.clear()
         self._install_state = state
-        self.progress_view.update_for_state(state)
 
     def tpath(self, *path):
         return os.path.join(self.model.target, *path)
 
     def curtin_error(self):
+        self.update_state(InstallState.ERROR)
         kw = {}
         if sys.exc_info()[0] is not None:
             log.exception("curtin_error")
-            self.progress_view.add_log_line(traceback.format_exc())
+            # send traceback.format_exc() to journal?
         if self.tb_extractor.traceback:
             kw["Traceback"] = "\n".join(self.tb_extractor.traceback)
-        crash_report = self.app.make_apport_report(
-            ErrorReportKind.INSTALL_FAIL, "install failed", interrupt=False,
-            **kw)
-        if crash_report is not None:
-            self.crash_report_ref = crash_report.ref()
-        self.progress_view.finish_all()
-        self.progress_view.set_status(
-            ('info_error', _("An error has occurred")))
-        if not self.showing:
-            self.app.controllers.index = self.controller_index - 1
-            self.app.next_screen()
-        self.update_state(InstallState.ERROR)
-        if self.crash_report_ref is not None:
-            self.app.show_error_report(self.crash_report_ref)
+        self.error_ref = self.app.make_apport_report(
+            ErrorReportKind.INSTALL_FAIL, "install failed", **kw).ref()
 
     def logged_command(self, cmd):
         return ['systemd-cat', '--level-prefix=false',
                 '--identifier=' + self.app.log_syslog_id] + cmd
 
-    def log_event(self, event):
-        self.curtin_log(event)
-
     def curtin_event(self, event):
         e = {
             "EVENT_TYPE": "???",
@@ -189,7 +170,7 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
             if curtin_ctx is not None:
                 curtin_ctx.exit(result=status)
 
-    def curtin_log(self, event):
+    def log_event(self, event):
         self.tb_extractor.feed(event['MESSAGE'])
 
     def _write_config(self, path, config):
@@ -202,7 +183,7 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
     def _get_curtin_command(self):
         config_file_name = 'subiquity-curtin-install.conf'
 
-        if self.opts.dry_run:
+        if self.app.opts.dry_run:
             config_location = os.path.join('.subiquity/', config_file_name)
             log_location = '.subiquity/install.log'
             event_file = "examples/curtin-events.json"
@@ -219,9 +200,9 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
                           config_location, 'install']
             log_location = INSTALL_LOG
 
-        self._write_config(
-            config_location,
-            self.model.render(syslog_identifier=self._event_syslog_id))
+        ident = self._event_syslog_id
+        self._write_config(config_location,
+                           self.model.render(syslog_identifier=ident))
 
         self.app.note_file_for_apport("CurtinConfig", config_location)
         self.app.note_file_for_apport("CurtinLog", log_location)
@@ -235,10 +216,10 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
             sys.executable, '-m', 'curtin', 'unmount',
             '-t', target,
             ]
-        if self.opts.dry_run:
+        if self.app.opts.dry_run:
             cmd = ['sleep', str(0.2/self.app.scale_factor)]
         await arun_command(cmd)
-        if not self.opts.dry_run:
+        if not self.app.opts.dry_run:
             shutil.rmtree(target)
 
     @with_context(
@@ -250,7 +231,7 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
         loop = self.app.aio_loop
 
         fds = [
-            journald_listen(loop, [self.app.log_syslog_id], self.curtin_log),
+            journald_listen(loop, [self.app.log_syslog_id], self.log_event),
             journald_listen(loop, [self._event_syslog_id], self.curtin_event),
             ]
 
@@ -258,32 +239,24 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
 
         log.debug('curtin install cmd: {}'.format(curtin_cmd))
 
-        async with self.app.install_lock_file.exclusive():
-            try:
-                our_tty = os.ttyname(0)
-            except OSError:
-                # This is a gross hack for testing in travis.
-                our_tty = "/dev/not a tty"
-            self.app.install_lock_file.write_content(our_tty)
-            journal.send("starting install", SYSLOG_IDENTIFIER="subiquity")
-            try:
-                cp = await arun_command(
-                    self.logged_command(curtin_cmd), check=True)
-            finally:
-                for fd in fds:
-                    loop.remove_reader(fd)
+        try:
+            cp = await arun_command(
+                self.logged_command(curtin_cmd), check=True)
+        finally:
+            for fd in fds:
+                loop.remove_reader(fd)
 
         log.debug('curtin_install completed: %s', cp.returncode)
 
-    def cancel(self):
-        pass
-
     @with_context()
     async def install(self, *, context):
         context.set('is-install-context', True)
         try:
-            await asyncio.wait(
-                {e.wait() for e in self.model.install_events})
+            await asyncio.wait({e.wait() for e in self.model.install_events})
+
+            if not self.app.interactive():
+                if 'autoinstall' in self.app.kernel_cmdline:
+                    self.model.confirm()
 
             self.update_state(InstallState.NEEDS_CONFIRMATION)
 
@@ -315,16 +288,10 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
             self.update_state(InstallState.DONE)
         except Exception:
             self.curtin_error()
-            if not self.interactive():
-                raise
-
-    async def move_on(self):
-        await self.install_task
-        self.app.next_screen()
 
     async def drain_curtin_events(self, *, context):
         waited = 0.0
-        while self.progress_view.ongoing and waited < 5.0:
+        while len(self.curtin_event_contexts) > 1 and waited < 5.0:
             await asyncio.sleep(0.1)
             waited += 0.1
         log.debug("waited %s seconds for events to drain", waited)
@@ -356,7 +323,7 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
         name="install_{package}",
         description="installing {package}")
     async def install_package(self, *, context, package):
-        if self.opts.dry_run:
+        if self.app.opts.dry_run:
             cmd = ["sleep", str(2/self.app.scale_factor)]
         else:
             cmd = [
@@ -368,7 +335,7 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
 
     @with_context(description="restoring apt configuration")
     async def restore_apt_config(self, context):
-        if self.opts.dry_run:
+        if self.app.opts.dry_run:
             cmds = [["sleep", str(1/self.app.scale_factor)]]
         else:
             cmds = [
@@ -395,7 +362,7 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
         env = os.environ.copy()
         env["APT_CONFIG"] = apt_conf.name[len(self.model.target):]
         self.unattended_upgrades_ctx = context
-        if self.opts.dry_run:
+        if self.app.opts.dry_run:
             self.unattended_upgrades_proc = await astart_command(
                 self.logged_command(
                     ["sleep", str(5/self.app.scale_factor)]), env=env)
@@ -411,11 +378,10 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
         os.remove(apt_conf.name)
 
     async def stop_unattended_upgrades(self):
-        self.progress_view.event_finish(self.unattended_upgrades_ctx)
         with self.unattended_upgrades_ctx.parent.child(
                 "stop_unattended_upgrades",
                 "cancelling update"):
-            if self.opts.dry_run:
+            if self.app.opts.dry_run:
                 await asyncio.sleep(1)
                 self.unattended_upgrades_proc.terminate()
             else:
@@ -426,22 +392,6 @@ class InstallProgressController(SubiquityTuiController):
                     '--stop-only',
                     ]), check=True)
 
-    async def _click_reboot(self):
-        if self.unattended_upgrades_ctx is not None:
-            self.update_state(InstallState.UU_CANCELLING)
-            await self.stop_unattended_upgrades()
-        self.reboot_clicked.set()
-
-    def click_reboot(self):
-        schedule_task(self._click_reboot())
-
-    def make_ui(self):
-        schedule_task(self.move_on())
-        return self.progress_view
-
-    def run_answers(self):
-        pass
-
 
 uu_apt_conf = """\
 # Config for the unattended-upgrades run to avoid failing on battery power or
diff --git a/subiquity/server/server.py b/subiquity/server/server.py
index 311dd3f8..404a8a06 100644
--- a/subiquity/server/server.py
+++ b/subiquity/server/server.py
@@ -111,7 +111,9 @@ class SubiquityServer(Application):
 
     project = "subiquity"
     from subiquity.server import controllers as controllers_mod
-    controllers = []
+    controllers = [
+        "Install",
+        ]
 
     def make_model(self):
         root = '/'
diff --git a/subiquity/ui/views/tests/test_installprogress.py b/subiquity/ui/views/tests/test_installprogress.py
index ac344cf3..411b9d7a 100644
--- a/subiquity/ui/views/tests/test_installprogress.py
+++ b/subiquity/ui/views/tests/test_installprogress.py
@@ -3,15 +3,15 @@ from unittest import mock
 
 from subiquitycore.testing import view_helpers
 
+from subiquity.client.controllers.progress import ProgressController
 from subiquity.common.types import InstallState
-from subiquity.controllers.installprogress import InstallProgressController
 from subiquity.ui.views.installprogress import ProgressView
 
 
 class IdentityViewTests(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def make_view(self):
-        controller = mock.create_autospec(spec=InstallProgressController)
+        controller = mock.create_autospec(spec=ProgressController)
         controller.app = mock.Mock()
         controller.app.aio_loop = None
         return ProgressView(controller)