Thanks. Looking forward Puppet then : I need to configure a whole network with workstations, computing clusters, general servers (www, mail...).
2009/1/23 Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> > Fabien Dupont wrote: > > Hi all. > > > > I have installed cobbler to manage my distro/kickstart trees. It works > > really well and I would like to go a step further by moving > > configuration from kickstart to a configuration management system such > > as puppet or cfengine. Taking a look at Spacewalk since it integrates > > cobbler in version 0.4, I've seen one of its feature is management and > > deployement of config files. Unfortunately, it only works with Oracle > > and I can't install Oracle, due to infra rules. > > > > Can anyone tell me which configuration management system would > > integrates best with cobbler ? Or which one is used with Spacewalk, so > > I could migrates easily when it supports PostgreSQL ? > > Spacewalk uses it's own system of laying down template files. > > Cobbler implements it's own way of doing that is /not/ the same, but is > very similar and based on the ideas of Spacewalk's. The advantage of > Cobbler's system is that it allows you to use Cheetah for /both/ > kickstarts and installed files, and allows you to use the same template > variables between kickstart and the installed files. Files can be > updated on command with koan. Since the template syntaxes are different > I am not sure if Spacewalk will support the new system in the future. > This is basically designed for setups where puppet is too much and not a > lot of post-install configuration updating is needed. > > Cobbler also contains some integration for use with Puppet, see here: > > https://fedorahosted.org/cobbler/wiki/UsingCobblerWithConfigManagementSystem > that allows you to define what puppet classes and variables get mapped > to which profiles and systems. This would be your most advanced, but > not necessarily simplest, option. I also think it's minimally tested > at this point as it just came out in 1.4 (puppet users pppppplease help > me with this one). > > Generally I'd recommend taking a look at Puppet first. > > > > > Thanks for you help. > > > > -- > > Fabien Dupont > > System Engineer > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > cobbler mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler > > > > _______________________________________________ > cobbler mailing list > [email protected] > https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/cobbler >
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