Mike Lovell wrote: > I have a question about software for managing LOTS of machines in a > datacenter. Here's what my situation is. Currently, I manage 2 > datacenters that contain a total of about 400 machines. Plus we are > growing at about 25 machines a month and have a few more datacenters on > the roadmap. The operating system is Debian Etch. What I am wanting to > do is have a tool that will somewhat automate the process of installing > and configuring the software on new machines. I would really like a > utility that I can define roles and assign machines to different roles. > Also, a hook into dhcp would nice since all of the ip addressing is > managed by dhcp and all of the OS installs are done through dhcp and > PXE. Do any of you know of any utility out there that does anything like > this? I would prefer something that is open source but I can go with a > commercial solution. Any thoughts on this?
cfengine, man. You need cfengine. http://www.cfengine.org/ Shane /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
