On 29/09/2013 20:36, Grant wrote: >>> I'm slowly coming to conclsuion that you are trying to solve a problem >>> with Gentoo that binary distros already solved a very long time ago. You >>> are forcing yourself to become the sole maintainer of GrantOS and do all >>> the heavy lifting of packaging. But, Mint and friends already did all >>> that work already and frankly, they are much better at it than you or I. >> >>>> I think it will work if I can find a way to manage the few differences >>>> above. Am I overlooking any potential issues? >> >> I think Grant Should look at CFengine, if he is not familar >> with it. It is the traditional 800 pound Gorrilla when it comes >> to managing many systems. Surely there are folks there in those >> forums that can help Grant filter his ideas until they are >> ready for action. CFengine is in portage. >> >> Alan may be right, as CFengine (or whatever) may work better >> with a binary distribution and is probable more tightly integrated >> with something like debian or such OSes. > > Can you give me a general idea of how my workflow might be with a > solution like that?
It's not really possible to give a cut and dried answer to that, as all three solutions (CFEngine, Puppet, Chef) try hard to integrate themselves into your needs rather than get you to integrate into a rigid code-imposed system. I could say that you load a config into Puppet, define how it works and where it must go, then tell puppet to do it and let you know the results, but that doesn't tell you much. I reckon you should pop over to puppet's website and start reading. As you grasp the general ideas you'll find ways to make it work for you. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
