RE: Debian in Server Farm
>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.
Like it!
Couple of other responses also suggested cfengine (And combining cvs
with cfengine) - So I'll definitely look into both.
>
> >
> > 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.
>
Can do that with Apache/horde - but qmail cannot(?) when using
multilog..might ask on the qmail list.
> >
> > 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.
Ta - quite a bit of reading there!
Regards,
MB
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