On Thu, 24 Feb 2005, Gentoo.Macs wrote: > Is there a working solution to manage lot of workstations without big > overhead? My basic idea is the same, as you mentioned before for server.
Some ideas to look at: * Designate one server as a central portage repository - set up a cron job to sync Portage and build binary packages for any updates nightly. * Have your workstations rsync during the night with this "local" Portage repository instead of with a Gentoo mirror - its faster and only need to make sure the "master" server finishes its sync first. * If your machines are all the same, you can build binary packages on one and export them (rsync or nfs) to all the rest. * If you're feeling brave, you could have all the machines install new binary packages automatically (in my setup, I only check for updates to "system"; after building binaries the server sends me an email with a list of new binary packages ready to install manually). I do this for a small group of servers but Im sure if I had a lot more, the manual install would become too labor-intensive - I would probably script the installs if I ever get to that point. Would be nice to have some sort of master tool that did this across a cluster of workstations so you could roll-out updates after testing on one machine. Is there a GLEP for this "enterprise" tool?? -- A. -- [email protected] mailing list
