From nobody Mon Oct 11 00:37:56 2021 X-Original-To: questions@mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mlmmj.nyi.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E33817FE405 for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:38:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) Received: from holgerdanske.com (holgerdanske.com [184.105.128.27]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange ECDHE (P-256) server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256 client-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) client-digest SHA256) (Client CN "xray.he.net", Issuer "R3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 4HSKdg137jz3hYR for ; Mon, 11 Oct 2021 00:37:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dpchrist@holgerdanske.com) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=holgerdanske.com; s=nov-20210719-112354; t=1633912676; bh=c37vv3ZwIvic2iB9lDVNdAVxl2TmHXUBczwl6SLB+VM=; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:User-Agent:Subject: Content-Language:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=rVRFnzjss3hsmFH2PxABMuKfjYbJ/+8l1HxcQlIOdxSfdgIxvbHHQs4C0fKTiUgT3 ebehNcpFlaoWOj+1lgSL3AloarR/PzwKiRV4aCJXjK9Yhb5eT4stT1mjHlaWvLVBUi 1wemCPyiST7fwjGKV+g4FSLWPFINOs6h84Ydrmrz6pwUDmMVjGxgIWUvF1Tj9YCFZo yzcMBziYKZfsvpeI9fta/hQy6GXPhT0aqiIMyQgIxNXbln0Dqxly5JSFfmlWUElLKo rQrdst35Iw2CA2k3ULb5rEkfkjdAOsT2Gz/ndGSvUit+PYvDGbGpPbFexDkyPprQX7 whfqdrdj5GrcErDAW5XDSeOlkvJ8jnhcEoxZBmrEDcykOSdQIQFVQIgzuS2yPvRpn7 UxSeR0585r5Av1teDX96ud53czeuY3a3NCQV+kfh0DqgXGZyLRPCxEn1YLQ9LVbUWy D0WPioH8aHpwjY95h/BPbFf4DL91G7Sedm8WE04IWR954FGFHzMwofoSfHCo5vTBa0 cR/CWgAfCyv+GERUpJka3W6kQuP17dorKiI0p1dJ785vErWP7thOLNk1OK6P+4CB1H ewYoNCyqGzdIlHxgQ6O7nCATBG0WpU48bK4f5SHXI2bv1j6iezb9qchEjbWmpqQVAr L8mvV4GTWuHiYM0E001v0aAY= Received: from 99.100.19.101 (99-100-19-101.lightspeed.frokca.sbcglobal.net [99.100.19.101]) by holgerdanske.com with ESMTPSA (TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:TLSv1.3:Kx=any:Au=any:Enc=AESGCM(128):Mac=AEAD) (SMTP-AUTH username dpchrist@holgerdanske.com, mechanism PLAIN) for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:37:56 -0700 Message-ID: <9fd7c5b4-cf27-9940-f058-0762c4fc4a97@holgerdanske.com> Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 17:37:56 -0700 List-Id: User questions List-Archive: https://lists.freebsd.org/archives/freebsd-questions List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/91.2.0 Subject: Re: best software for managing multiple freebsd & linux machines ? Content-Language: en-US To: questions@freebsd.org References: <31ee138b-243f-ad88-aa46-9cbf5204aa03@pinyon.org> From: David Christensen In-Reply-To: <31ee138b-243f-ad88-aa46-9cbf5204aa03@pinyon.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HSKdg137jz3hYR X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=holgerdanske.com header.s=nov-20210719-112354 header.b=rVRFnzjs; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=holgerdanske.com; spf=pass (mx1.freebsd.org: domain of dpchrist@holgerdanske.com designates 184.105.128.27 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=dpchrist@holgerdanske.com X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-3.00 / 15.00]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[holgerdanske.com:s=nov-20210719-112354]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; R_SPF_ALLOW(-0.20)[+a]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[holgerdanske.com:+]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(-0.50)[holgerdanske.com,none]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-1.00)[-1.000]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:6939, ipnet:184.104.0.0/15, country:US]; RCVD_COUNT_TWO(0.00)[2]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[] X-ThisMailContainsUnwantedMimeParts: N On 10/10/21 15:26, Russell L. Carter wrote: > I use a single machine to keep host specific files git vc'd, One Git project per host, or one Git project for everything? > and then I just write scripts What scripting language(s)? > for tasks and rsync them over and execute them from the config box via ssh. So, the configuration of each host is determined by installation (e.g. full configuration) followed by a sequence of task scripts (e.g. differential configuration)? What if a script fails? Rollback? Idempotentcy? Do you record what scripts have run for each host, and the outcome? How do you determine the configuration of a host at some point in the past? What if you perform configuration tasks by hand? David