Re: management tools?
Hi,
We use cfengine for such things at work (a mixed redhat/debian/freebsd and
derivates environment).
http://cfengine.com
I particularly like the clear syntax used to describe the desired system
state.
Greetings
HP
> Hi Folks,
>
> I'm getting ready to rebuild a small cluster (4 nodes, xen
> virtualization) that I'm using to support a combination of hosted
> services (mostly email lists, a few web sites) and some experimentation.
>
> To date, I've installed stuff manually, relied on a high-availability
> stack (drbd, crm) to provide failover when things go south, and some
> logwatch/alert scripts for monitoring everything. This time around, I'm
> thinking about automating some of the install, configuration management,
> and monitoring work.
>
> Which leads me to wonder: Those of you who run server farms on Debian,
> what are you using for:
> - initial o/s install and configuration (e.g., FAI, other things?)
> - software install/update/configuration (chef, puppet, ?)
> - virtual machine management
> - user management (control panels, ...)
> - overall management (nagios, webmin, ...)
>
> I'm sort of trying to get sense of what people actually use, and in what
> combinations, rather than what's got the buzz this week.
>
> Thanks for anything you might share.
>
> Miles Fidelman
>
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