Puppet, Chef, cfEngine, etc... the list goes on and on, it's a matter of taste (no chef pun intended) and what you're familiar with as well as what works for your device configurations and the management team
-----Original Message----- From: Kenneth McRae [mailto:kenneth.mc...@dreamhost.com] Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 11:45 PM To: Jimmy Hess Cc: nanog@nanog.org Subject: Re: Network configuration archiving Hiw about SolarWinds Config Mgmt software? On Oct 24, 2013 8:38 PM, "Jimmy Hess" <mysi...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 4:25 PM, Job Snijders < > job.snijd...@hibernianetworks.com> wrote: > > > Dear all, > > I am unsure what we as networkers have done in the past, but I am > > sure we've done our fair share of atonement and don't have to keep > > using RANCID. > > > > Does the nature of the codebase and future development matter all that > much? Not to dismiss it as a factor, but I think other criteria should > be more important :) > > Nrmally when I would want to compare software ---- I would be concerned > first and foremost, (1) What does it do/what makes it unique -- is > something special about package X over package Y?; > (2) Does it meet all the minimum needs I have right now to be a viable > solution? > Does it grab all my configs and put them in a permanent > revision control system? :) > > (3) How reliable is it, can I trust it? Is it very secure and safe to > use? It's no good if it breaks, fails, or does something dangerous. > How much care and feeding will it need to keep working? If it > needs complex repair work every few weeks, I don't like it. > > (4) How easy is it to get up and running, and to perform any required > ongoing maintenance > (5) What extra nice to have functionality does it have? > > > (6) Maybe other stuff like what language its written in, if extra > features need to be added > > -- > -JH >
