Re: How to deploy custom set of configuration files?
Hi Viv,
Varius Various wrote:
>
> Intuitive way to implement that would be to create a custom
> package containing selected configuration files, and install it as a
> last package. However according to [Debian GNU/Linux FAQ], [section
> 11.7], it is not as simple. The wording of the answer to this question
> is confusing, however:
>
> 11.7 *How does the package management system deal with
> packages that contain configuration files for other
> packages?*
>
> Some users wish to create, for example, a new server by
> installing a group of Debian packages and a locally
> generated package consisting of configuration files. This
> is not generally a good idea, because dpkg will not know
> about those configuration files if they are in a different
> package, and may write conflicting configurations when one
> of the initial "group" of packages is upgraded.
>
> Instead, create a local package that modifies the
> configuration files of the "group" of Debian packages of
> interest. Then dpkg and the rest of the package management
> system will see that the files have been modified by the
> local "sysadmin" and will not try to overwrite them when
> those packages are upgraded.
>
> I don’t see how scenarios from paragraphs one and two are
> different. What is the difference between “package consisting of
> configuration files” and “pacakage that modifies the configuration
> files”?
I think the second scenario may be saying to change the
group of the altered config files, so the package manager
will know not to overwrite them during an upgrade.
hth
> I’m aware of chef, puppet, and other configuration managment programs,
> but I thought for simple cases it is too much overhead.
>
>
> [Debian GNU/Linux FAQ] https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq
>
> [section 11.7]
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/ch-customizing.en.html#s-interconffiles
>
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Joel Roth
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