Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2013 08:48:06 -0600 From: Mark Felder <feld@FreeBSD.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pkgng for configuration management? Message-ID: <1383576486.2000.42722261.6F9C8CF8@webmail.messagingengine.com> In-Reply-To: <F9A7386EC2A26E4293AF13FABCCB32B3011DC398B5@janus.anserinae.net> References: <F9A7386EC2A26E4293AF13FABCCB32B3011DC398B5@janus.anserinae.net>
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On Sun, Nov 3, 2013, at 14:49, Kamil Choudhury wrote: > I've been setting up a private pkgng repository to push software to a > family of about 20 different hosts. > > One command software deployment is pretty awesome, so I got to thinking: > why not go one step further and start pushing configurations for each of > these hosts via pkgng as well (either by putting the config files into > the initial software pkg, or via a separate pkg that installs only the > configurations)? > > Has anyone else tried going down this rabbit hole? If so, what has your > experience with the system been? > I suppose you could create metapackages that write out configuration files. I'm not sure I like that approach, though. People tend to gravitate towards things like puppet/chef/ansible/etc.
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