Re: Remote package management

2012-04-16 Thread Natxo Asenjo
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Christopher Brown c...@asu.edu wrote: Hi, My apologies if members don't consider this list appropriate, if so perhaps a more appropriate forum could be suggested. I am using scientific linux 6.2. I will be installing it on 4-5 computers that will make up my

Re: Remote package management

2012-04-16 Thread Chris Schanzle
On 04/15/2012 03:43 PM, Christopher Brown wrote: Hi, My apologies if members don't consider this list appropriate, if so perhaps a more appropriate forum could be suggested. I am using scientific linux 6.2. I will be installing it on 4-5 computers that will make up my lab. I plan to add some

Re: Remote package management

2012-04-16 Thread Brett Viren
Hi, Christopher Brown c...@asu.edu writes: /opt You are already up to a dime or so but here are my 2c. I have my environment setup pretty well on one machine NFS export /opt (and /home) from this machine and mount it on the lab nodes. Manage /opt's non-standard user environment with

Remote package management

2012-04-15 Thread Christopher Brown
Hi, My apologies if members don't consider this list appropriate, if so perhaps a more appropriate forum could be suggested. I am using scientific linux 6.2. I will be installing it on 4-5 computers that will make up my lab. I plan to add some additional packages from source or otherwise:

Re: Remote package management

2012-04-15 Thread Markus Neteler
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 21:43, Christopher Brown c...@asu.edu wrote: ... I would like all the machines to be identical, and I would like to be able to update packages automatically. My question is, what is the best way to deploy and maintain this environment onto several networked machines? We

Re: Remote package management

2012-04-15 Thread Joel Maslak
I personally would suggest: 1) Yes, packaging these up as RPMs can be helpful, even if it is some work. It's easy to distribute them then. 2) Look into a tool like puppet. (there are others) It has a learning curve, but I can't imagine not using it even at home. It's wonderful to be able to

Re: Remote package management

2012-04-15 Thread zxq9
On 04/16/2012 04:43 AM, Christopher Brown wrote: Hi, My apologies if members don't consider this list appropriate, if so perhaps a more appropriate forum could be suggested. I am using scientific linux 6.2. I will be installing it on 4-5 computers that will make up my lab. I plan to add some