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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Have you looked at OpenStack? Or is
that not appropriate for the diverse set of machines/services
you'll run on these machines?<br>
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Jim Ockers, P.E., P.Eng. (<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net">ockers@ockers.net</a>)
Contact info: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.ockers.net/">http://www.ockers.net/</a>
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On 5/23/13 12:38 PM, Mark G. Harvey wrote:<br>
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<div><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco,
monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">CLUE folks, </span></div>
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monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',
courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Got
a Sys Admin question: I'm looking for recommendations /
suggestions to <font style="background-color: transparent;"><span>deploy,
configure, & manage</span></font><span
style="background-color: transparent;"> a couple dozen
CentOS machines across Development, Staging, Production
environments. </span></span></div>
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font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:
transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco,
monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',
courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">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. </span></div>
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font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',
courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Looking
for tools to modify & deploy stuff like repo settings,
packages, scripts, accounts, passwords, networking, etc.
I'm sure you know the drill. </span></div>
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font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',
courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br>
</span></div>
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',
courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I've
heard of the following tools ... but don't know which is a
good fit, if any. </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier,
monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span
style="background-color: transparent;">cfengine</span><br>
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<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier,
monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span
style="background-color: transparent;">puppet</span><br>
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier,
monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span
style="background-color: transparent;">chef</span><br>
</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: 'Courier New', courier,
monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span
style="background-color: transparent;">spacewalk</span><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span style="background-color:
transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco,
monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">I'm sure there are
very experienced folks on this message distribution list who
have suggestions & gotchas that should be considered.
Appreciate the help. </span><span style="background-color:
transparent; font-family: 'Courier New', courier, monaco,
monospace, sans-serif; font-size: small;">TIA</span><br>
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<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: transparent;
font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Courier New',
courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Mark</span></div>
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