Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2013 09:08:57 -0800 From: Benjamin Lee <ben@b1c1l1.com> To: Kamil Choudhury <Kamil.Choudhury@anserinae.net> Cc: "hackers@freebsd.org" <hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: pkgng for configuration management? Message-ID: <20131104090857.6e174d66@b1c1l1.com> In-Reply-To: <F9A7386EC2A26E4293AF13FABCCB32B3011DC398B5@janus.anserinae.net> References: <F9A7386EC2A26E4293AF13FABCCB32B3011DC398B5@janus.anserinae.net>
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--Sig_/SZcs7.Upj63ClBqh_SM+Vr. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, 3 Nov 2013 20:49:20 +0000, Kamil Choudhury <Kamil.Choudhury@anserin= ae.net> wrote: > I've been setting up a private pkgng repository to push software to a fam= ily of about 20 different hosts.=20 >=20 > 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 th= ese hosts via pkgng as well (either by putting the config files into the in= itial software pkg, or via a separate pkg that installs only the configurat= ions)?=20 >=20 > Has anyone else tried going down this rabbit hole? If so, what has your e= xperience with the system been? =20 Stick to UNIX philosophy: do one thing and do it well. Package management and configuration management have different problem domains. Consider, for example: do you upgrade software packages at the same rate that you modify configuration files? pkg(8) is a great package management tool, but it isn't (and shouldn't be) a configuration management tool. --=20 Benjamin Lee http://www.b1c1l1.com/ --Sig_/SZcs7.Upj63ClBqh_SM+Vr. Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJSd9StAAoJEIdV4+NBZRmFObEQAKatfI1Vu4INHqMfgEvSrBmW zhEoSKn9HOYJhCEeA22dn7R7vmAecIcTrfr3ls88e1bzHUBzAU1nueNnqk4V3yqm txQUX5OiilECIU4W1Dv0VlIZl3tMD8g5jQIPk/71CwgaeMmhZDK2t6B2Km1RbG8V 6Xj+SdqJ/ynmz0t+RFPMgzyCEKWPsq6uEvg+xzwcBQRP4mhQ6uaJE/7k2G/aU2/H nNkQs+UM/3qwULmGp3JF6VbrremGbcqi1UZCldDMkssiyzqEWRTGjry/0qVvlx4X m9hyjktWeUtjmOUI98v5ijNioioe8T9svfCnL/ZjJap1WI94oM9zRR182OQ5d1Wq kygor0LWBU9sAR+AwgO7/mc2GFvejYUxWWETgSlpXd+eyxYSF99qxe4YPNksk48f tG7ChVpWwlyBwqA30axFWosoqTva/R4smoPlpQOLaq3uShjiB8CMkGXX12ytHEEE TidLXbq1va2WbmKRi6RRb+0X5/s8ZK3ul1ghWXLIO3z7ZhyN4HNDPImTyl0MvphD dCTvEGW4swd1lgOUOLoMfbo5arOt0JXLtSlhNteO7keNpp30QHOxdeMSjt2yuwDk lcVnEX+mrRJmu6zARz6k80KqO4wT5oCBihBFezm25HLLKtB8cECBirp8M9BOwWih gI829IC0GiQktTjmuz+Y =Aiue -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/SZcs7.Upj63ClBqh_SM+Vr.--
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