07/04/2011 13:21, Laurence Hurst: > Hi folks, > I am looking at possibly deploying Debian (or a derivative thereof) >on a large number of machines (initially 80 but I fully expect the final >number to end up being in excess of 100) which are intermittently >connected to the network (due to multi-boot setup). I was wondering >if anyone else has a large(ish) installation base and what tools they >were using to manage the machines (especially when it comes to patching)? >On this scale manual ssh methods become unmanageable, even using the >likes of pdsh and before I even consider the fact the machines will not >all be in Linux at any given time. Unfortunately I have no budget for >this project so an Ubuntu/Landscape solution is not workable. Ideally >something usable by non-Linux (but technically competent Windows) >administrators would be nice (e.g. a "point and shoot" web-interface >to mass deploy updates). Does anyone have any suggestions of existing >projects which fit this bill or am I going to have to roll my own >solution? > Thanks in advance > Laurence > >
Hi, maybe you can have a look at cfengine[1], seems to fit your needs and it's readily available in Debian. I don't have hands-on experience with it though. [1] http://www.cfengine.org/pages/what_is_cfengine -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d9da3f3.8060...@googlemail.com
