Re: [Infrastructures] Is cfengine a good tool?

[Zeev Fisher]

Hi,

Like you , now I'm using it too on couple of machines only.

Unlike you , I'm close to using it as infrastructure tool ( I almost
finished only the Linux part ). My config files takes care of the machine
since the minute after the initial install. I would finish much faster if I
had more examples as I already said..

The target is of course to manage the whole infrastructure with the same
simplicity I manage now couple of servers with it.


Zeev.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Writer" <tim@starnix.com>
To: "Zeev Fisher" <zeevf@il.marvell.com>
Cc: <infrastructures@terraluna.org>; <help-cfengine@gnu.org>
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 2:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Infrastructures] Is cfengine a good tool?


> "Zeev Fisher" <zeevf@il.marvell.com> writes:
>
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > I feel quite the same.
> >
> > I'm trying to play with cfengine for a month and I feel that this tool
is
> > very powerful but I'm always not sure if I use it correctly/spend lot of
> > time trying to find the correct way. There are not enough real world
> > examples.
> > The examples supplied are very basic and there are no advanced topics
like
> > restarting things after typical actions for.
> >
> > Regarding the variables quirkiness you talked about , it was fixed on
2.0.5
> > release. I was there too..
> >
> > Anyway , I still think this tool is excellent and I will continue the
> > implementation in my environment which is composed of ~200 servers (
Linux +
> > Solaris ).
>
> If you don't mind me asking, how many systems are you using it on now?
I'm
> only using it on a couple of servers but I'm trying to use it in an
> "infrastructure" style.  IOW, I'm trying to script all customization
beyond
> the initial, scripted installation with cfengine.  I still don't really
trust
> it and would be uncomfortable running it on many more systems.
>
> --
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