On Fri, 2017-07-21 at 07:31 +0100, Peter Robinson wrote:
> > Keep in mind that Ansible is also something small-scale admins
> don't use. It
> > only makes sense at all if you have at least 2 servers, and it is
> only
> > really worthwhile if you have several, mostly identical servers. If
> you have
> > just one server, or two or three servers with very different
> configuration
> > from each other, it's just not worth it. So the workflow you
> suggest
> > introduces an extra learning curve.
> 
> Actually I disagree with you, I know people that use ansible to
> manage
> their laptop config (IE a single device) so that if they rebuild it
> they can get all their configs back quickly.

I agree with Peter, and I'll add another reason why Ansible is still
useful even if you only manage one system with it: it's a nice way to
describe everything that is different about your server from a clean
install (as code in git, so you can also get history). I find it
helpful to be able to answer the question "what is customized on this
system?"

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