Hi, Yes puppet can used to ensure your nodes are at a certain 'state'. The state being the same configuration and package level. You can use puppet to change the state across your nodes.
If I was starting out in your position I would look at 'foreman'. It can build out systems and maintain the state of your nodes (uses puppet). However, puppet by itself will meet your initial requirements. With puppet you need to have an OS already installed before you can use it. With foreman you can provision the node with the OS as well. http://theforeman.org Cheers Den On 03/05/2012, at 8:22, rmarque <rob.j.marq...@gmail.com> wrote: > I just became the Linux Admin for a large company's development team. There > are about 6 servers (ubuntu on HP) and roughly 35 people who all have ubuntu > workstations and laptops (dual boot). I have heard of puppet and have tried > to wrap my head around what it might be good for in the environment. I do > have to keep these environments pretty strict as it is development of major > software. I also have a couple of new servers coming in that I will need to > image as close to the other servers as possible. > > So, in laymans terms...would puppet be good for deploying/imaging new > servers/workstation/laptops in the same strict OS/pkgs as everybody else? > Would it be good at deploying new pckgs/patches to the OS across all of them? > > Any and all comments welcome. > > Yes, I am a newb. ;-) > > Thanks! > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/61KLMNJD6d4J. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
