From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Oct 24 20:01:49 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 E5AEE1065670 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:01:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ahmed@master-zone.net) Received: from smtp.aossama.net (smtp.master-zone.net [196.218.210.162]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92D978FC0A for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:01:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.0.89] (unknown [192.168.0.89]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: ahmed) by smtp.aossama.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 83DA63EA0 for ; Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:45:29 +0200 (EET) Message-ID: <4CC48CE0.4060509@master-zone.net> Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 21:45:36 +0200 From: Ahmed Ossama User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: 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: Sun, 24 Oct 2010 20:01:50 -0000 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.