Agreed.

On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 11:35 PM, [email protected] <
[email protected]> wrote:

>
> I'm not suggesting we use Puppet instead of Scalr.
>
> I'm suggesting that Scalr use puppet for its scripting engine - to
> customize the images.  Right now Scalr uses its own scripting stuff.
> Why not use puppet?
>
> The problem with just modifying the images is that you don't have a
> way to reproduce them, version them, etc.  Also, puppet allows for
> much more dynamic behavior in instances than is likely possible to
> build yourself.
>
> So, there is an overwhelming use case for puppet in this case.
>
> On Jan 22, 3:04 pm, Frédéric Sidler <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I would say that puppet is a great tool, but scalr simplifies a
> > multimachines configuration by synchronizing all of the for you in a real
> > easy way. Regarding a regular web app for example, you just adapt the app
> > role, www, memcache and mysql can stay the same. So modifying the app
> role
> > and being able to replicate this modification thank to "synchronize all"
> > will let you propagate your modifications across all running app roles
> and
> > bundle your image to be stored on S3 in case of additionnal need.
> >
> > I'm pretty sure there could be a need for puppet, but not for this use
> case,
> > I think.
> >
>

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