[clue-tech] Configuration management recommendations?

[chris fedde]

On Mon, Aug 30, 2010 at 4:32 PM, Ski Dawg <skidawg at skidawg.org> wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have been tasked with getting a configuration management system
> running at work.
>
> We have about 20 CentOS web servers running (some virtual and some
> physical), and we are trying to come up with a tool that will assist
> setting up new boxes as we bring them online, as well as maintaining
> existing systems when changes are necessary.
>
> After spending a little bit of time searching over the past couple of
> days, I have run across four that seem like good options, cfengine,
> puppet, chef and bcfg2.
>
> Does anyone have any thoughts about any of these tools? Is there
> definite advantage to using one over the other from your experience?
> Is there a another tool that I should be evaluating?
> --
> Doug
>

I still like rdist. It's small, convenient, and push based. It simply
extends what you already like about the unix environment. and takes
advantage of the tools you already know and are comfortable with.
I think it frequently gets overlooked because it does not have a long
list of features that some of the  systems have.  But ti my way of
thinking it has all the features I need for centralized configuration
management.   Give rdist a look before you jump on some other band
wagon.