Package/channel management and pxe deployment. Puppet works better for config management.
The main use is so I can control package upgrades across my cloud VERY easily. The box is also very low maintenance once set up, almost 0. There is also an errata import script that will build all the errata for you so you can easily set up automatic / approval based updates if you wish. -Blake On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Jon Moore <[email protected]> wrote: > What features of spacewalk are you using? I'm in this area where the > whole idea looks cool and seems impressive, but I do wonder how much profit > I'll get out of all the setup and additional maintenance. > > Thanks, > > Jon M > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Blake Dunlap <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I use spacewalk and puppet for even just my home ecosystem. Wouldn't go >> back. It makes management of updates etc so much easier. >> >> -Blake >> On Feb 18, 2014 11:11 AM, "Jon Moore" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I have a handful of CentOS servers running various bits and pieces for a >>> small WISP. These servers are spread across bare metal, esxi virtual >>> machines and a couple kvm guests. In due time, I expect the esxi host to >>> be removed and it's machines migrated/moved to kvm. >>> >>> Each server does one thing, and usually one thing only. Configuration >>> on those services rarely change after being setup. I've played with puppet >>> and chef in the past, but for how few servers I have and how little changes >>> there are it proved to be more work that it was worth. >>> >>> Having said all that, I've been looking for a better solution for a >>> local mirror than just syncing everything. I've seen spacewalk often in >>> the past come up as an option for local mirrors with some extra goodies. >>> My question, have any of you used spacewalk in the past? If so, was it >>> worth the investment of setting it up and running ( for just a handful of >>> servers)? >>> >>> I see in the documentation it now supports some provisioning and >>> management of kvm. Any experience with that? >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected] >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >>> >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "NLUG" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >> -- >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en >> >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "NLUG" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "NLUG" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
