hiya > Currently I am evaluating bfcg2 and puppet, both the next generation > cfengine to be. The Idea is to install a base system with preseeding and > let bcfg2/puppet do the rest. The outcome should be a simple (quick) > rollout, a consistent configuration based on rules. And changes of the > clients are mangened through the central config space.
@BCFG2: Did you perchance find a howto / tutorial that doesn't suck? All I've found so found so far is rather lacking. - http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2 - bfcg2 manual - Marko Jung's presentation at FFG 2007/GuuG Berlin - some small websites here and there. Especially the official documentation is very good in mentioning things, but never explaining them. (e.g. http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/raw-attachment/wiki/WritingSpecification/specification_overview.png shows "Svcmgr", but http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/Bcfg2Doc#Generators does not explain it.) Nevertheless I've put together a working test/assert for ssh-client + ssh-server configuration for a single host. But it took me about 5 hours, which is kind of a steep learning curve... tschüß thomas
