Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 07:47:43 -0800 From: Greg Byshenk <freebsd@byshenk.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: push a few config files to dozen or so servers Message-ID: <20150205154743.GO88387@mail0.byshenk.net> In-Reply-To: <54D37932.7010808@madpilot.net> References: <20150205130234.3fcbabfb@efreet.mimar.rs> <op.xtk288tykndu52@ronaldradial.radialsg.local> <54D37932.7010808@madpilot.net>
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On Thu, Feb 05, 2015 at 03:07:46PM +0100, Guido Falsi wrote: > On 02/05/15 13:20, Ronald Klop wrote: > > On Thu, 05 Feb 2015 13:02:34 +0100, Marko Cupa?? <marko.cupac@mimar.rs> > >> thanks to virtualization, my fleet of FreeBSD hosts have grown to more > >> than dozen, and it still grows. There are some files that need to be > >> identical on all of them (aliases, sudoers, root crontab, pkg repo > >> files etc.). > >> > >> I was looking at puppet and cfengine but learning and implementing those > >> seem like an overkill for my purpose. > >> > >> Are there any other elegant solutions which can help me achieve my goal? > > > > Cron and rsync. > > Or create a pkg which you install on all servers. > > He could also use an VCS system (subversion, git, fossil, whatever) and > some scripts. > > This adds the advantage of having history. If it's really limited, you should be able to wrap svn/git and scp/rsync in python/bash/<tool of your choice> and have something that works. > > Just some quick ideas. In the end you just want to use something like > > puppet. :-) > > I Agree, in the end that kind of solution is definitely more robust. But, agreeing here, as well, there are some real advantages in ensuring consistency, etc. with something like puppet. And a basic, minimalist puppet is pretty basic and minimal. Puppet can get very complex, but that comes from managing complex environments. -- greg byshenk - gbyshenk@byshenk.net - Portland, OR USA
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