From nobody Sun Oct 10 19:20:29 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 1A26B17F1582 for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:20:41 +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 4HSBbW6jFHz3tDF for ; Sun, 10 Oct 2021 19:20:39 +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=1633893630; bh=KOi73iikT7fnJ/vYWhjMlx8EQzFtA0M40gNIzZD6n0w=; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:MIME-Version:User-Agent:Subject: Content-Language:To:References:From:In-Reply-To:Content-Type: Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=HegTpn+DDl1TIp+9wmhlhbMsq5VDwvFdKymmjYsSef4EbN0d6kVFBQIdFpW01fyw4 ehxEW/ncixEcETJK64DnsUvzg76IgoACZW+YdMcEJP//poVVLoTTl75oH+aPmiPJqf iAFOgoDiG7Y7MWHFETleYYiqbaRzs4/JNgxlA5hqFKA7qMjM2o+o65ZlCyCGQ/Vst7 ulkx1cC75IG5zSXGslgvK0bqEk5x5N/ZawjNgVqQJ/16K7Dp5vo4YFVVosnCHAJ4IU V8rleH4SyQ1FBEs6bp5UfUxlqxoANsWwSMpFo+6CVCslxEaFO8ciAijbPLD6A0650x DHWVlZIOn4gF7RvJlgZQoVbj8tzy8pQ3Q8eptDEjkYfsG8J4G1M5ZZS+qjD+7FZ/AX aSsMh65XOsS6uZBWvSQALP0dgXcvx25sCPT+vUZg3XLDegaoXNMn6fK3EX4HVjYMsc FR+eOaEiUXb/Vhtu3u7FE44K38rxyGIBFH10+7kIm7RWLG3cV7FPg4noz9gECn9w1z 7BcjXVR8L43rna2JAZPyL8NXkC8MDbFYNY5KQRgGW7UIxBB5iDmR2zKwv0pEt2Evs8 WGx2FEDQJq13Dg0JX+MMgLm+Y3dc9x09kBmylxJa8+zacxO6Nb8Pe2fQZ+iWMFZqds oSdotpFHBQwcmiI4wlB/hZaQ= 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 12:20:30 -0700 Message-ID: Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2021 12:20:29 -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: From: David Christensen In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: 4HSBbW6jFHz3tDF X-Spamd-Bar: -- Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=holgerdanske.com header.s=nov-20210719-112354 header.b=HegTpn+D; 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]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[questions@freebsd.org]; 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 08:31, tech-lists wrote: > Hi, > > What, in the opinion of the list, is the best software for > orchestrating configs on freebsd & linux (mainly ubuntu or other > debian-based distro). > > offhand, I know of puppet but have never much used it. thanks, On 10/10/21 09:40, tech-lists wrote: > I was wondering what people on this list would use, and if possible, > what their reasons are. I have a SOHO network that I administer using SSH, Vim, CVS, various userland tools, and homebrew scripts (Bourne, Bash, and Perl). The most important element is a networked version control system. If and when I need to administer many machines, I will learn a configuration management tool (most likely Ansible, because it is recommended by MWL). David