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<div style="direction: ltr;font-family: Tahoma;color: #000000;font-size: 10pt;">I think it is all in what you need out of it.<br>
I don't want tight control/management of the system. I pretty much use it as a setup tool.<br>
For example, I clone a new VM, bootstrap it against SUSE Manager (Spacewalk), then add it to all my config channels, and push files. Those being:<br>
/etc/banner<br>
/etc/ssh/sshd_config<br>
/etc/postfix/main.cf<br>
files needed for LDAP config<br>
Etc...<br>
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Beyond that, I mainly use it for centralized patch management, and the ability to arbitrarily push scripts or install RPMs.<br>
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I just use the config channels to get a standard baseline initial config, then use it to run scripts and patch my systems.<br>
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Allen Beddingfield<br>
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The University of Alabama<br>
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<div style="direction: ltr;" id="divRpF557996"><font face="Tahoma" color="#000000" size="2"><b>From:</b> ale-bounces@ale.org [ale-bounces@ale.org] on behalf of James Sumners [james.sumners@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 03, 2015 8:54 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [ale] Red Hat bought Ansible<br>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Nov 3, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Beddingfield, Allen <span dir="ltr">
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<div style="direction:ltr; font-family:Tahoma; color:#000000; font-size:10pt">It is - it is based on Spacewalk 2.1 - the current version, anyway.<br>
What do you not like about it?</div>
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It's cumbersome. <br>
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