From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 25 02:47:32 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DCB13106564A for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:47:31 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from randy.belk@gmail.com) Received: from mail-ww0-f50.google.com (mail-ww0-f50.google.com [74.125.82.50]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6DD2A8FC08 for ; Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:47:30 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwb24 with SMTP id 24so2800190wwb.31 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:47:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:mime-version:received:in-reply-to :references:from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=jLd9MOj8Tc39KjgPGYveHsZFN4gLXWLStOLFy5FsEsk=; b=TGxGpTQmMiXmZxiTsIiwpIpjpvgRFkCi7U88n6Sk61WLG3QTYHJNEAnEgIzHHnWqf6 5LmSSwEVvXx+1i0D9YDE5KYMeEe4wMVKyBJ+pbXhaXvyGuoexRusyXjzx0J9EJjfXct+ H8pXGKCcvL1GC2YWUXz0eAjYtG7gsYQrU/AWo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type; b=WNz5Sm3FYhyh07U3TnQ9Fp4gQjtU+9yVQttG35dzQStfG1DxtF9YmNPsN5CKmTNISt yOMRtglgOSMYgsu+Gy9pY9AZBtEXb9+nH+DfNEUQx4YC1KPi+ysQIF8cIwV/fp8kRD4R yYt2kFsjrzkPdhAr0GfVP94nrRtdnqpX9RMfg= Received: by 10.216.28.77 with SMTP id f55mr2268187wea.91.1287973203879; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:20:03 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.216.159.68 with HTTP; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:19:43 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4CC48CE0.4060509@master-zone.net> References: <4CC48CE0.4060509@master-zone.net> From: Randy Belk Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:19:43 -0500 Message-ID: To: Ahmed Ossama Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Administrating more than 10 servers X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:47:32 -0000 This is a must read for multiple UNIX server administration, http://www.cae.tntech.edu/~mwr/unix_infrastructure_management_from_scratch.pdf . On Sun, Oct 24, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Ahmed Ossama wrote: > Hi folks, > > Lately I was put in charge to administrate 12 FreeBSD servers, and I was > wonder what is the best way to administrate/monitor/follow-up/update/patch > these servers such that all work like a clockwise with each other with the > exact same updates? > > I wrote few scripts that notifies me with system failure and updates, but I > want to manage the servers more efficiently. > > Any advice/guide is much appreciated. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- - Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. - Leonardo da Vinci - Intelligence is not defined by what you know, It's how you use it.