On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:35, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jesse Becker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> > I've been looking at how we currently deploy Ganglia configuration >> > files in our organisation, and whether the process can be improved. >> >> <snip> >> >> > - allowing a central configuration server to override some, but not >> > all, of the values specified in the config file >> >> This is possible with cfengine, and other configuration >> management tools. I have several groups of machines, and
> There are some more details that were not in my original email: > > - it is a multi-platform deployment, including Linux, Solaris and an OS > that requires Cygwin Cfengine works on all of those. Puppet works on the first two, and probably via Cygwin (Puppet is based on Ruby, and probably runs wherever Ruby does). > - it is envisaged that some users will be able to change configuration > settings through a web interface, and that those changes will be > propogated to the nodes/clusters that the users who chosenfind It should be straightforward to convert webpage input into various "rules" files for cfengine/puppet/etc. These rules would then be used to push the various settings around as needed. -- Jesse Becker GPG Fingerprint -- BD00 7AA4 4483 AFCC 82D0 2720 0083 0931 9A2B 06A2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Ganglia-developers mailing list Ganglia-developers@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ganglia-developers
