From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 20:26:01 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA08E37B407 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:26:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.seekingfire.com (coyote.seekingfire.com [24.72.10.212]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1D4E443FA3 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 20:26:01 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tillman@seekingfire.com) Received: from blues.seekingfire.prv (blues.seekingfire.prv [192.168.23.211]) by mail.seekingfire.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D95EBB2 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:25:59 -0600 (CST) Received: (from tillman@localhost) by blues.seekingfire.prv (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h3N3SY128488 for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:28:34 -0600 Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 21:28:34 -0600 From: Tillman To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20030422212834.M20669@seekingfire.com> References: <20030423010932.GA869@mail.hitmedia.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030423010932.GA869@mail.hitmedia.com>; from bsdlap@hitmedia.com on Tue, Apr 22, 2003 at 06:09:32PM -0700 X-Urban-Legend: There is lots of hidden information in headers Subject: Re: setting up many FreeBSD boxes at once... advice? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 03:26:02 -0000 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