On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 09:01:57 +0100 (+0100), Simon Strange wrote: > I've recently inherited ownership of a small network, and I'm > interested in using puppet to control it.
Puppet is _wonderful_. As for most automation tools, it's definitely one of those things where you have to invest time up front but it will pay you back ten fold. The documentation (and puppet itself) is much better than when I started using it two years ago. I'd recommend looking at "external nodes" as it makes defining things much easier, well more scalable. OTOH you don't need to bother if it's a fairly small setup. There are lots of useful "recipes" and "facts" out there (specific puppet terms here for non-puppeteers), however do see if they are suitable - some do things in quite specific ways which aren't suitable for everyone. Adrian -- Email: adr...@smop.co.uk -*- GPG key available on public key servers Debian GNU/Linux - the maintainable distribution -*- www.debian.org -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
