[ale] Linux configuration management (validation)?

[Raj Wurttemberg]

Configuration management to the rescue.

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.

Chef is another system that has a big following and tons of support.

CFengine is the grandaddy of them all and uses a pull model instead of a
push model.

And there there are the more esoteric ones such as bcfg2, etc. which have
very specific design goals past general configuration management.

Been getting a lot of experience with saltstack lately but I have to say
that I still prefer prefer CFengine3 overall.

V

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OK. Good to know. I was actually reading about Puppet, Saltstack, and Chef
last night.  I'll check out CFengine and BCFG2 today.

Thanks!
Raj