Talk About Configuration Management

Talk about CMautomatic practice

Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Target is Server


or Service


store meta data


Need CMDB


Defineclasses or group


Automation


OS Installation


• KickStart (for RHEL/CentOS)

• JumpStart (for FreeBSD)

• FAI (for All)

• System Imager (for Linux)


Package


Pre-compile Binary Package


Mirror from Master


yum or apt


pkg_add -r


Configuration Management


• Cfengine

• puppet

• Chef

• Bcfg2

• System Imager


Just Choose One


Generate Configuration Role

Automatically


From CMDB


and SVN or Git


• Package need to install

• User & group need to add

• Files & config need to copy

• Process need to run

• etc.


Code Deployment


• Cvsup

• Rsync


Repository > All ServerOne Step


Monitor


• Ganglia

• Nagios

• Cacti

• Munin

• Collectd


Choose One or More


If Really Needed


Generate Configuration


Managed by Tools


Thanks


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