On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 10:51:21PM +0100 or thereabouts, Paul Kyberd wrote:
> I was looking for advice on what system other sites use to
> distribute updates to the machines at their site.
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> I am not very happy with the operation of the system based on
> ghosting a machine which has been implemented at Brunel and was interested
> in finding a better solution.
A list of ideas.
+ quattor. (or just the rpmt part of quattor.)
+ cfengine.
+ stateless linux. (If you want to stick with the master and slave idea,
this could be good.)
+ apt and yumit.
+ yum and yumit.
+ Pay redhat to report what needs doing on your machines.
Steve
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