On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 1:16 PM, Miles Fidelman <[email protected]>wrote:
> Thanks to all who replied to my original query, looking for an > orchestration tool that would: > > > - provide for editing/managing/versioning scripts (script = anything > that can be invoked at the command line) > - a library of control functions for use within scripts > - invoking scripts, combinations of scripts, pipelines of scripts (in > the Unix sense of pipes) - locally, remotely, across multiple machines > - remote script execution via ssh, rather than some kind of agent > - providing a simple database for keeping track of variables used by > scripts (e.g., IP addresses, DNS records for use by a provisioning > script) - that can be accessed from scripts > - accessing the above via cli, RESTful API, GUI > - cross-platform > - (nice-to-have) minimal environmental requirements (i.e., a step above > the unix shell, say the gnu buildtool suite rather than the JVM + a mass > of libraries, or the ruby ecosystem -- a self-configuring basic > environment would be nice, like perl+cpan) > > > A couple of folks on the devops list pointed me at this: > https://bdsm.beginrescueend.**com/modules/shell<https://bdsm.beginrescueend.com/modules/shell> > > Essentially it's management framework for running shell scripts, written > by Wayne Seguin at Engine Yard, > also the author of RVM (Ruby Version Manager). Information on the web > site is just a bit disorganized, > but there's a pretty good manual in pdf, an introductory slideshow, and a > comprehensive git repo. > > Wayne just spent the morning walking me through it - an incredibly > powerful tool, which I'm now going to > go off and use as I rebuild a couple of servers. Hello everyone, The website is very old and outdated, for anyone that wishes to learn more about the framework please read/do one of the following: 1. Lightning Talk Slides: https://sm.beginrescueend.com/presentations/SM-Framework-Presentation.pdf 2. Manual (work in progress): https://sm.beginrescueend.com/sm-manual.pdf 3. API Docs (work in progress): https://github.com/sm/sm_apidoc/blob/master/README.md 4. Contact me (best to start with IRC, details below): Yours truly, ~Wayne Wayne E. Seguin [email protected] wayneeseguin on irc.freenode.net http://twitter.com/wayneeseguin/ https://github.com/wayneeseguin/
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