Comments on: The State of Open Source System Automation http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: onblksaapn http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-144133 onblksaapn Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:31:09 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-144133 G6179Y <a href="http://akxxosibwevp.com/" rel="nofollow">akxxosibwevp</a> G6179Y akxxosibwevp

]]> By: Nita http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-142795 Nita Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:29:02 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-142795 We just ran into the sccm cenlit performance issue. We had a script blow out the sccm cenlit to the domain, and the support team did this on sunday at about 1am. Every sunday at 1am since then our VMware farm grinds to a halt. Cpu spikes, storage spikes.We found that sccm was launching a dir /s inventory on all of its cenlits on the 7 day aniversary. About 200 vms.Still not sure how we will fix this, but ideas would be appreciated. We just ran into the sccm cenlit performance issue. We had a script blow out the sccm cenlit to the domain, and the support team did this on sunday at about 1am. Every sunday at 1am since then our VMware farm grinds to a halt. Cpu spikes, storage spikes.We found that sccm was launching a dir /s inventory on all of its cenlits on the 7 day aniversary. About 200 vms.Still not sure how we will fix this, but ideas would be appreciated.

]]> By: Iranzo Maestre http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-9547 Iranzo Maestre Sat, 28 May 2011 20:28:30 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-9547 we use cfengine2 with some logic of our own to control around 130 computers, and is very nice and powerfull, when you get to understand it. Now we are thinking to get in puppet. I'd like to post soon to tell you how it was. we use cfengine2 with some logic of our own to control around 130 computers, and is very nice and powerfull, when you get to understand it.

Now we are thinking to get in puppet. I’d like to post soon to tell you how it was.

]]> By: redmumba http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-8630 redmumba Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-8630 <p>We run Bcfg2 pretty extensively at our offices, and it certainly has its pluses and minuses. However, one of the things that is a real stick in the side is TGenshi, the Bcfg2 templating system. One of the great things about TGenshi is, well, it allows you to add logic to your file--so you can generate files from the Properties plugin, dynamically encrypt passwords, etc.. Great feature, right?</p> <p>Debugging is AWFUL. The errors TGenshi throws by defaulty largely generic; for example, if you have a 100 line Python file being run in the template, and an error occurs anywhere, you'll just get a message saying "Could not generate this file." No line number, no raising of the original Python exception, nothing. If you want to do any serious work, you'll have to write your own wrapper to catch errors--or at least a line number for what failed.</p> <p>Bcfg2's strongest feature is keeping everything the same on every server, so I would consider combining this for day-to-day maintenance, and maybe Puppet or cfengine for deployment.</p> <p>Andrew </p> We run Bcfg2 pretty extensively at our offices, and it certainly has its pluses and minuses. However, one of the things that is a real stick in the side is TGenshi, the Bcfg2 templating system. One of the great things about TGenshi is, well, it allows you to add logic to your file–so you can generate files from the Properties plugin, dynamically encrypt passwords, etc.. Great feature, right?

Debugging is AWFUL. The errors TGenshi throws by defaulty largely generic; for example, if you have a 100 line Python file being run in the template, and an error occurs anywhere, you’ll just get a message saying “Could not generate this file.” No line number, no raising of the original Python exception, nothing. If you want to do any serious work, you’ll have to write your own wrapper to catch errors–or at least a line number for what failed.

Bcfg2′s strongest feature is keeping everything the same on every server, so I would consider combining this for day-to-day maintenance, and maybe Puppet or cfengine for deployment.

Andrew

]]> By: jblaine http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-8631 jblaine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/#comment-8631 <p>We've been using cfengine 1+2 for 11 years. </p> We’ve been using cfengine 1+2 for 11 years.

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