Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:28:34 -0600 From: Tillman <tillman@seekingfire.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: setting up many FreeBSD boxes at once... advice? Message-ID: <20030422212834.M20669@seekingfire.com> In-Reply-To: <20030423010932.GA869@mail.hitmedia.com>; from bsdlap@hitmedia.com on Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 06:09:32PM -0700 References: <20030423010932.GA869@mail.hitmedia.com>
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On Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 06:09:32PM -0700, BSD baby wrote: > I'm going to be setting up 6 identical FreeBSD boxes at the same time. > (Workstation boxes inside our office.) > > Each one with the exact same setup. Same ports installed, etc. > > Anyone whose done this before have any advice? > > Should I put /usr/ports on one NFS share so I don't have to keep > cvsuping the directories or downloading the source files? Sure, or you export just the /usr/ports/packages directory. Then build all your packages on a single machine (preferably one of the faster computers), make sure that /usr/ports/net/clusterit is installed, and run `dsh portinstall -P foo_port` or `portupgrade -P foo_port` as necessary to keep the nodes identical. Something like `dsh 'portversion -vL='` can work wonders in telling you what needs to upgraded on your group of computers :-) -T -- Belief gets in the way of learning. Robert Heinlein
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