[olug] Question: package / system for administrating multiple very similar systems ?

[Jim O'Gorman]

No, its not a system cloning framework at all. You can't take an existing
system and then use this to duplicate it.

Instead what you do is say you have a server to set up to serve web pages.
You could do the traditional thing of installing the OS, installing and
configuring the apps, and that is that. And there is nothing wrong with that
in many small installations. However, this does not lend its self to
repeatable and reproducible systems. With autodeploy, what you would do is
put your applications and configurations into a series of scripts and
updating a global config file using the autodeploy framework. Then if you
want to set up multiple instances of said web server, you could do so. Or,
if you want to tear down and rebuild the system for what ever reason, you
can do so. Its all automated, allowing you to go to a known good state with
minimal trouble.

Thanks
Jim

On 7/11/07, Joe Gulizia <jrguliz at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> So if I want to clone my home system and put it on
> another machine, I could use this, or am I incorrect?
>
> Joe G
> --- Jim O'Gorman <jameso at elwood.net> wrote:
>
> > Hey thats awesome. I welcome any feedback at all.
> >
> > Hope it does not let you down!
> > Jim
> >
> > On 7/11/07, Will Langford <unfies at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On 4/20/07, Jim O'Gorman <jameso at elwood.net>
> > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > For the heck of it, I put up a system I created
> > and am using on
> > > > sourceforge
> > > > a couple of weeks back:
> > https://sourceforge.net/projects/autodeploy/
> > > >
> > > > I use it in order to enforce repeatable builds
> > across my systems. Idea
> > > is
> > > > to
> > > > do the work in the creation of the templates,
> > and never have to do any
> > > > work
> > > > on the individual systems at all. Give it a look
> > and see if it might
> > > help
> > > > you at all. As I said, I am using it with
> > success, however I do not know
> > > > or
> > > > think anyone else has ever given it an attempt.
> > > >
> > > > Jim
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Ancient thread.
> > >
> > > Just wanted to pass along that I've got a couple
> > field locations 'soft
> > > testing' autodeploy with a wrapper written on top
> > of it and stuff.  I'll
> > > get
> > > the changes I've made packaged up and sent back to
> > Jim soon.  Mostly it's
> > > just an install script and a wrapper shell script
> > around autodeploy's main
> > > .pl file.
> > >
> > > So far there's been no flames, but it's not doing
> > anything terribly
> > > critical
> > > currently.
> > >
> > > -Will
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