On Tuesday 30 March 2004 07.04, Michael Bellears wrote: > Would appreciate anyone's experiences/recommendations on the > following points: > > 1. What is the recommended method to synch config files on all "real" > servers (Eg. Httpd.conf, horde/imp config files etc?) - Have only one > server that admins connect to for mods, then rsync any changes to the > other servers? Would be one way. Another way is to set up a cvs or subversion repository and use this to distribute the config file. Has the additional bonus of being able to trace back how the config file was changed. > > 2. What about logfiles - We would have all users mail etc on an NFS > share - Can you do the same for logfiles?(Or do you get locking > issues?) - From a statistical aspect, it would be a pain to have to > collaborate each "real" servers logfiles, then run analysis. Also > from a support perspective - How are support personnel supposed to > know which "real" server a client would actually be connecting to in > order to see if they are entering a wrong username/pass etc? Use a dedicated server for logging and have all servers send the log to that over the network. > > 3. Imaging of Servers[...] No idea. <http://infrastructures.org> is a very useful web site about administrating machines that are supposed to stay the same. cheers -- vbi -- featured link: http://fortytwo.ch/gpg/intro
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