<div dir="ltr"><div>I have a super software crush on Chef. I only use it with AWS and Vagrant VMs, but it is probably the single most powerful deployment and configuration management tool I've used. It's totally changed how I look at system management, and allows me to force-multiply very easily.<br>
<br>I've also used Puppet, and while it's good, my impression is that Chef is substantially more flexible to the newcomer. You also get the added benefit of learning Ruby, which can be useful in other areas. Of course this flexibility can be a blessing and a curse, but I wouldn't have it any other way. I used cfengine with a former employer, and it's sufficient for a lot of things, but I wouldn't recommend building a new automation system around it. I've never used spacewalk. It looks interesting though.<br>
<br></div>QH<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 23, 2013 at 12:40 PM, Jim Ockers <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ockers@ockers.net" target="_blank">ockers@ockers.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>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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<div style="font-style:normal;background-color:transparent"><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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<div style="font-style:normal;background-color:transparent"><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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<div style="font-style:normal;background-color:transparent"><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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<div style="font-style:normal;background-color:transparent"><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>
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<li><span style="font-family:'Courier New',courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><span style="background-color:transparent">chef</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">spacewalk</span><br>
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<div style="font-style:normal;background-color:transparent"><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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