>> It truly sounds great but the devil is in the details in my particular
>> environment. If I feel like I'm outgrowing my script (and maybe even
>> if I don't) I'll dig into ansible. How big of a duty is the
>> implementation?
>
> Implementation is easy, it's just another Python app with a confi
On 05/09/2017 02:01, Grant wrote:
This is exactly the use-case ansible was designed for: declarative,
idempotent, predictable management of a fleet of machines that may or
may not be around when you feel like updating something (so it catches
up later), and needs only sshd and p
On 2017-09-05 06:54, Grant wrote:
> Have you tried ansible?
ansible was in use at one of my jobs.
I feel that it is overkill for my personal use, and possibly for yours.
OTOH, your case _is_ different from mine: I don't admin PCs for other
folks to use.
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>> ansible does sound pretty cool. I'll check it out if I outgrow my
>> script but as long as I can keep using Dell XPS 13 laptops I don't
>> think it will have any trouble scaling.
>
> For those dug in minimalists among us, there is also app-admin/cdist.
Have you tried ansible?
- Grant
On 2017-09-04 13:55, Grant wrote:
> ansible does sound pretty cool. I'll check it out if I outgrow my
> script but as long as I can keep using Dell XPS 13 laptops I don't
> think it will have any trouble scaling.
For those dug in minimalists among us, there is also app-admin/cdist.
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On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Grant wrote:
>> I have a network of very nearly identical Dell XPS 13 laptops that I
>> manage with a script. The master pushes the contents of its
>> filesystem to the others so I only have to manage one system. It's
>> worked really well over several years. I j
>>> This is exactly the use-case ansible was designed for: declarative,
>>> idempotent, predictable management of a fleet of machines that may or
>>> may not be around when you feel like updating something (so it catches
>>> up later), and needs only sshd and python to do it's magic :-)
>>
>> ansib
On 04/09/2017 22:55, Grant wrote:
>> This is exactly the use-case ansible was designed for: declarative,
>> idempotent, predictable management of a fleet of machines that may or
>> may not be around when you feel like updating something (so it catches
>> up later), and needs only sshd and python to
>>> I have a network of very nearly identical Dell XPS 13 laptops that I
>>> manage with a script. The master pushes the contents of its
>>> filesystem to the others so I only have to manage one system. It's
>>> worked really well over several years. I just got a new Dell XPS 13
>>> to serve as
On 04/09/2017 22:16, Grant wrote:
>> I have a network of very nearly identical Dell XPS 13 laptops that I
>> manage with a script. The master pushes the contents of its
>> filesystem to the others so I only have to manage one system. It's
>> worked really well over several years. I just got a ne
> I have a network of very nearly identical Dell XPS 13 laptops that I
> manage with a script. The master pushes the contents of its
> filesystem to the others so I only have to manage one system. It's
> worked really well over several years. I just got a new Dell XPS 13
> to serve as the master
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