Configuration Management Software?

[Lonni J Friedman]

I'd be surprised if you found anything capable of performing such a
varied, unrelated series of tasks.  I'd be even more surprised if you
found something that did all of them well.  It sounds like you're
looking for a software sysadmin.  If such a thing existed, and worked
well, most of us wouldn't have jobs any more.

On 1/7/08, Ian Wilson <ian.m.wilson at gmail.com> wrote:
> I've been looking for some software, however, I've been coming up
> empty.  Ideally, the software would "manage" the software on the
> installed clients, and if the clients are not up to date, that the
> software would ssh to the client and do a yum -y update to the local
> yum repository.  I'm not looking for the Hyperic/OpenNMS type of
> software at this point in time, because I've got a good management
> system in place.  I've looked at cfengine, but, I'm not entirely
> convinced that cfengine fits my needs.
>
> Idealistically, the software would also manage my DNS records, give me
> the ability to "push" a software update to my clients, manage the end
> system's firewalls, and give me the ability to PXE install a new
> server and have it completely managed by the system.  Bonus points if
> it has an API that I can use to script my changes with my favorite
> language of choice.
>
> Has anyone come across F/OSS software that fits my needs, or is this
> going to have to be something that I write?
>
> Ian
>
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>
> Solving site load issues with database replication is a lot like
> solving your own personal problems with heroin -- at first, it sorta
> works, but after a while things just get out of hand.
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