[CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread Alan McKay
Hey folks, A week or two ago someone mentioned something about using their own home-grown RPMs for managing config info on their boxes. I really like this idea and would like to learn more about it. Are there some examples out there? I have lots of custom config info and think this would be an

Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread Karanbir Singh
On 09/14/2009 05:35 PM, Alan McKay wrote: A week or two ago someone mentioned something about using their own home-grown RPMs for managing config info on their boxes. this is a really really bad idea. I'd suggest you dont waste your time around this and instead work with projects like chef /

Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread Jonathan Moore
On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org wrote: On 09/14/2009 05:35 PM, Alan McKay wrote: A week or two ago someone mentioned something about using their own home-grown RPMs for managing config info on their boxes. this is a really really bad idea. I'd suggest you

Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread davxoc
--Mensaje original-- De: Karanbir Singh Remitente: centos-boun...@centos.org Para: CentOS mailing list Responder a: CentOS mailing list Asunto: Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config Enviado: 14 Sep, 2009 12:11 On 09/14/2009 05:35 PM, Alan McKay wrote

Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread nicholas
Alan, FYI last year, I tried bcfg on Centos5.1 but it was difficult to get things working. With Puppet things could work, not easily but it allowed rollback using CVS and ensuring that common config files are always applied to all machines. Quoting Karanbir Singh mail-li...@karan.org: On

Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread Filipe Brandenburger
Hi, On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 12:35, Alan McKay alan.mc...@gmail.com wrote: A week or two ago someone mentioned something about using their own home-grown RPMs for managing config info on their boxes. I believe you are referring to my suggestion on a thread discussing creating scripts on the

Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread nate
Alan McKay wrote: I have lots of custom config info and think this would be an ideal way to manage it. Others mentioned puppet and CF engine which probably have their merits as well. But I don't really have time at the moment to learn those. Perhaps in this thread we could even discuss

Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread Gary Greene
On 9/14/09 11:14 AM, Filipe Brandenburger filbran...@gmail.com wrote: Another alternative would be setting up an rsync server from where you download your config files to all servers, that way you edit once and copy them everywhere you need them, but that is certainly more manual than what

Re: [CentOS] LF examples - using site-specific RPMs for config

2009-09-14 Thread Jim Wildman
On Mon, 14 Sep 2009, Karanbir Singh wrote: On 09/14/2009 05:35 PM, Alan McKay wrote: A week or two ago someone mentioned something about using their own home-grown RPMs for managing config info on their boxes. this is a really really bad idea. I'd suggest you dont waste your time around