Hi, I also agree with Noam ;)
additionally, puppet give you free inventory tool :) I myself don't use Cobbler, I found it too "heavy" for my needs, I've created a ruby erb template for my kickstart and pull it out of a simple sql db - works great if you want to have customize options for different hosts (even RHE version or arch) but still use one kickstart over a cgi script, I use puppet to do all the rest. if anyone is interested I can send you the script. Ohad On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 7:46 PM, Noam Meltzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I must agree here with Ohad. I have been using Puppet in my last 3 > projects at 3 different customers. > I do consider Puppet as a provisioning service, as I can provision with it > practically everything: > 1. Configuration files > 2. Packages (rpms / debs / solaris pkgs) > 3. UNIX accounts (users / passwords / groups) > 4. Everything you can just imagine. > It is highly customizable and very robust (gee.. what a bunch of buzz > words, but i do agree with them here). > With every project I have deployed I learned new features of puppet and > developed a bigger appreciation for the product. > > Regarding the kickstart part, Cobbler is a nice tool, which I can also > recommend, but personally I just prefer "vanilla" kickstart, as I have > better control over it (atleast, that's how I feel) and I already have a > template ks.cfg profile and post install script which I carry with me from > one place to another. Once I get to the post install scripts, I deploy a > puppet client, and let it do the rest of the job. > > - Noam > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 5:32 PM, Ohad Levy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Checkout Cobbler. > > > > Puppet is a great tool, you might want to use it if you manage a lot of > > servers... > > > > Ohad > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Ira Abramov < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Quoting Marc A. Volovic, from the post of Mon, 31 Mar: > > > > poppet > > > > > > Thanks. Took me 5 minutes to discover it's spelled Puppet, and 20 more > > > of reading through all the FAQs and manuals to realize it does > > > management, not provisioning. > > > > > > I'll make it clearer: I'm looking for a product that will allow me to > > > remote-install blades and tower machines via PXE from a smart > > > kickstart > > > or other type of image server. Management after provisioning is a > > > bonus, > > > not a must. > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Ira. > > > > > > -- > > > Gzunda the desk > > > Ira Abramov > > > http://ira.abramov.org/email/ > > > > > > ================================================================= > > > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > > > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > >
