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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 10/14/2014 6:56 AM, Raj Wurttemberg
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<p class="MsoNormal">Our Linux server environment has grown from
10 RHEL servers to over 150 RHEL systems in a few short
months. I need an easy way to confirm that they all have the
same settings (sshd, time zone, routes, selinux, etc…) for
security purposes. At the moment I have a simple bash script
(lots of sed and awk!) that prepares a server for use but I
would like something that would be easier to manage and to be
able to turn over to someone else to manage eventually.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Any suggestions? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Raj Wurttemberg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rajaw@c64.us">rajaw@c64.us</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Configuration management to the rescue.<br>
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If you are fluent in python then I recommend either puppet or
saltstack. Puppet will get you there faster but saltstack lets you
build it all from scratch if that is more your way of doing things.<br>
<br>
Chef is another system that has a big following and tons of support.<br>
<br>
CFengine is the grandaddy of them all and uses a pull model instead
of a push model.<br>
<br>
And there there are the more esoteric ones such as bcfg2, etc. which
have very specific design goals past general configuration
management.<br>
<br>
Been getting a lot of experience with saltstack lately but I have to
say that I still prefer prefer CFengine3 overall.<br>
<br>
V<br>
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