Chad, this is what I was looking for. I couldn't think of the name, but I think it was featured recently on NewsForge or something like that. Regards, Eric On 11/1/06, Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> wrote: > "Eric Peterson" <srcfoo at gmail.com> wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone uses software to perform mass software > > installations. So that you can install a package on multiple > > machines with a single command. > > cfengine 2. Actually, I'm just starting to work on this. I'm tired > of sshing things around. It worked so nicely when I worked at the > IMA, and I've missed it ever since. The number of boxes we need to > manage keeps rising, ssh pub/priv keys need to be managed, X.509 ssl > certs and keys need to be pushed. Etc. > > cfengine is one of the most effective ways to manage your network. > There's a bit of overhead and learning curve, but once it's in place, > you'll never understand why you tried to manage a network without it. > > > I have serveral Xen guests and I'm hoping their is a good way to do > > this. The guests are all CentOS. > > Create a Xen guest that acts as the cfengine master and the other > guests as clients. > > -- > Chad Walstrom <chewie at wookimus.net> http://www.wookimus.net/ > assert(expired(knowledge)); /* core dump */ > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >