On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 01:18:04PM +0200, Dashamir Hoxha wrote: > I don't understand the benefits of using cfengine instead of bash scripts > in debian-edu-config. I believe that all the needed configurations can be > done with bash scripts. > > I am not familiar with cfengine, but I assume that it is similar to > ansible, which I am familiar with a little bit. They are made to automate > the installation (and configuration) of hundreds of servers from a single > place. But when there is only one server to configure and maintain, bash > scripts are much better.
cfengine in debian-edu-config is used to support multiple different system types. > Have you ever thought about converting the cfengine scripts to bash > scripts? If this seems like an improvement, I can have a look at it (when I > find time). I do have some good experience with using bash scripts for > server configuration. not telling you what to do, but IMNSHO someone with time should look into https://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Status/Bookworm#Known_problems_that_need_to_be_fixed else we don't have Debian Edu / Skolelinux in bookworm. -- cheers, Holger ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ holger@(debian|reproducible-builds|layer-acht).org ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ OpenPGP: B8BF54137B09D35CF026FE9D 091AB856069AAA1C ⠈⠳⣄ Das Leben ist schön. Von 'einfach' war nie die Rede. (@lernzyklus)
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