[clue] deploy, configure, & manage

[Jim Ockers]

Have you looked at OpenStack?  Or is that not appropriate for the 
diverse set of machines/services you'll run on these machines?

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Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng. (ockers at ockers.net)
Contact info: http://www.ockers.net/

On 5/23/13 12:38 PM, Mark G. Harvey wrote:
> CLUE folks,
>
> Got a Sys Admin question:  I'm looking for recommendations / 
> suggestions to deploy, configure, & manage a couple dozen CentOS 
> machines across Development, Staging, Production environments.
>
> I plan to build a template with all the common components & apps such 
> as monitoring agents (eg. Tripwire), vFabric tc (tomcat), etc.  Then 
> capture a kickstart file to automate deployment to a second machine 
> ... but this seem like one at a time deployment process.
>
> Looking for tools to modify & deploy stuff like repo settings, 
> packages, scripts, accounts, passwords, networking, etc.  I'm sure you 
> know the drill.
>
> I've heard of the following tools ... but don't know which is a good 
> fit, if any.
>
>   * cfengine
>   * puppet
>   * chef
>   * spacewalk
>
>
> I'm sure there are very experienced folks on this message distribution 
> list who have suggestions & gotchas that should be considered. 
>  Appreciate the help. TIA
>
> Mark
>
>
>
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