I do plan to start with a base image. This will help, but in the long run, working with variables will pay off in a big way.
I am hoping I can keep most of shorewall exactly the same. If I change rules, then all's I have to do is sftp the rules file and restart shorewall. Same goes for IPsec. There are lots of possibilities. Patrick Benson wrote: >cpu memhd wrote: > >>Thanks everyone for the help. I will certainly look into your >>suggestions. I wish I could elaborate more but I've been very busy. >> >>Basically, I find myself typing the same information (IP address, >>subnet, broadcast, etc) in many different places. I will be rolling out >>about 20 leaf boxes. About 15 of them will have near identical >>configurations. It is important to keep things as abstract as possible. >>So I plan to use environment variables wherever possible. > > >Why not create a basic image which matches those 15, as close as >possible, then install the image on them and polish it off with the >little amount of editing which may be needed at the end? > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://productguide.itmanagersjournal.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
