any more altenative solution other than puppet, cfengine, altiris?
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>From: erik <[email protected]>
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>Subject: Re: [plug] centralize software deployment
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>Noong Friday 02,September,2011 02:59 PM sinulat ni Alec Joseph Rivera
>
>> Hi Erik:
>>
>> Aren't cfengine and puppet functionally similar? If I remember
>> correctly cfengine has hooks for getting the client workstation
>> perform stuff usually only possible with human interaction... So in a
>> way it is also similar to ocsng, right? Except we wouldn't need a
>> batch file and won't have the inventory feeds.
>
>similar - yes. both use a client/server setup (and can also
>be standalon).
>puppet is easier to use vs cfengine3 in terms of the syntax.
>puppet manifests can be easily created from scratch compared to cfengine3
>promises.
>but cfengine is lighter vs ruby-based puppet and that's
>important to us as most of our AIX LPARs have very
>limited CPU and Memory allocation.
>
>not sure about how similar it is with OCSNG - i only used OCS
>for h/w and s/w inventory which also work OK with AIX.
>
>
>
>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 7:44 PM, erik<[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Noong Wednesday 31,August,2011 01:31 PM sinulat ni John Li
>>>
>>>> Hi guys,
>>>>
>>>> anyone here knows a good centralized open source software deployment that
>>>> can run on any windows envi. for your suggestion please.. Thanks
>>>>
>>>
>>> we're using cfengine for aix and linux systems. it also has
>>> a windows port.
>>>
>>> we've evaluated puppet. a windows port is under
>>> development:
>>>
>>> http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/1/wiki/Puppet_Windows
>>>
>>> but it requires ruby and uses a lot of memory on certain runs.
>>>
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