[Infrastructures] OS configuration management: cfengine? puppet? maybe other?

[Paul Krizak]

Just FYI, take a look at cfengine 3's syntax -- it's way more sane than 
cfengine 2 was...

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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
> <jgonzalez.openinput@gmail.com> 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
>>
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