Le Sunday 08 June 2008 05:55:44 Donald, vous avez écrit : > Hi, Hi, > I was wondering if there was an application that was a repository for > managing files/configs across many Debian and/or Linux boxes. I'd > like to not reinvent the wheel if such an application exists, and if > not, get to work on one as it seems like it would be a very handy > tool. At first, I'd recommend you to look at puppet or cfengine. > I manage about 30 debian instances with multiple debian versions > (Sarge, Etch, Lenny). I found myself having to dig around boxes to > understand what my predecessors did and also manage configurations on > the boxes. For most of us, I think once a config is set, it's doesn't > change, but maintaining a unified and branched set of configs/file > changes on a singular machine might make life a tad bit easier. Common place, and sometime with other distributions, and even, other Unix, and why not Windows server... > Here are some of the things I'd like to do or are looking for: > - Automatically version files/configs based on changed files. > - Allow changes to go upstream to repository of files/configs and/or > go downstream when changed on a repository. > - Client hosts that don't break with or without the presence of a > config/file repository. Allow a machine/config to be given away or > accepted with minimal effort. Some kind of Grall... > Perhaps one could use a custom set of scripts using > git/cvs/subversion, rsync, ssh, but why not have a standard tool that > does it without thinking? You always need to think, else, bad things always find a way to happen ! So, that's why I think a good system administrator is needed at first, after that, it's better if he manage how to use scripts, tools like svn/git and puppet for example. But, I'm OK with you, If a tool could exist to simplify that kind of management, it will be great. A web interface, a modular design, plugins, a great community...
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