From rodrick.brown@gmail.com Fri Jan 2 14:05:55 2009 From: rodrick.brown@gmail.com (Rodrick Brown) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 09:05:55 -0500 Subject: [Infrastructures] OS configuration management: cfengine? puppet? maybe other? In-Reply-To: <306bf010601030319l260d5e15j@mail.gmail.com> References: <306bf010601030319l260d5e15j@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: We use puppet because its less complex than cfengine with better documentation with a much saner configuration syntax. On Tue, Jan 3, 2006 at 6:19 AM, Jose Gonzalez Gomez wrote: > Hi there, > > I was starting to read cfengine documentation when I came across puppet > (http://reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet). The tool seems to be an > evolution of cfengine, with apparently an easier and more understandable > language, and a lot more user oriented in the sense that it intends to be a > comunnity project instead of an investigation project without public > repository and bug database (at least that's what they tell you at their > web). Before choosing one or the other, I would like to hear from the list, > if somebody has any experience with puppet, and how it compares to cfengine, > and which one you recommend. > > Best regards > Jose > -- [ Rodrick R. Brown ] http://www.rodrickbrown.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/rodrickbrown From paul.krizak@amd.com Fri Jan 2 16:27:19 2009 From: paul.krizak@amd.com (Paul Krizak) Date: Fri, 2 Jan 2009 10:27:19 -0600 Subject: [Infrastructures] OS configuration management: cfengine? puppet? maybe other? In-Reply-To: References: <306bf010601030319l260d5e15j@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <495E4067.7090204@amd.com> Just FYI, take a look at cfengine 3's syntax -- it's way more sane than cfengine 2 was... Paul Krizak 7171 Southwest Pkwy MS B400.2B Senior Systems Engineer Austin, TX 78735 Advanced Micro Devices Desk: (512) 602-8775 Linux/Unix Systems Engineering Cell: (512) 791-0686 Silicon Design Division Fax: (512) 602-0468 Rodrick Brown wrote: > We use puppet because its less complex than cfengine with better > documentation with a much saner configuration syntax. > > On Tue, Jan 3, 2006 at 6:19 AM, Jose Gonzalez Gomez > wrote: >> Hi there, >> >> I was starting to read cfengine documentation when I came across puppet >> (http://reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet). The tool seems to be an >> evolution of cfengine, with apparently an easier and more understandable >> language, and a lot more user oriented in the sense that it intends to be a >> comunnity project instead of an investigation project without public >> repository and bug database (at least that's what they tell you at their >> web). Before choosing one or the other, I would like to hear from the list, >> if somebody has any experience with puppet, and how it compares to cfengine, >> and which one you recommend. >> >> Best regards >> Jose >> > > >