configuration management tool for Linux

[eugene.gorelik at gmail.com (Eugene Gorelik)]

Thanks Mat, I think Webmin is a good GUI tool for management of a single
system, but it doesn't seem that it can simultaneously make config changes
on multiple servers.

-Eugene.


On 3/22/07, Matthew Gillen <me at mattgillen.net> wrote:
>
> Eugene Gorelik wrote:
> > I wonder if anyone could recommend a decent centralized configuration
> > management tool.
> >
> > In my environment I have multiple RedHat servers with identical
> > configuration and let's say that I need to change one a value in the
> same
> > configuration file on all of them.
> > Currently I am running scripts which are using SSH to go through all
> these
> > servers and make this change, but I am looking for more organized
> approach,
> > which would allow me to create some customized rules and policies and
> > manage
> > configurations from one place.
> >
> > I saw one tool which could do that - *Cfengine
> > **http://www.cfengine.org/*<http://www.cfengine.org/>
> > and heard mixed opinions about it, so I am curious if anyone is using
> > *Cfengine
> > *or can recommend any other tools.
>
> A long time ago I was a fan of Webmin
> http://www.webmin.com/
>
> They have some "cluster" operations where you can do the same operation on
> a
> bunch of machines.
>
> YMMV, like I said, I haven't used it in a while.  But it looks like it's
> still
> actively developed.
>
> Matt
>

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