On Thu, 25 Aug 2011, Dan Burkland wrote: > Puppet is an interesting beast but it works like a charm once setup. I hadn't heard of Puppet or Chef and I was having a hard time getting a description of what they do that wasn't embedded in impenetrable technical jargon (e.g., check out Wikipedia's entry for "Puppet (software)"). Then I found this article which explained Puppet functionality using ordinary language that doesn't expect the reader to have a PhD in Comp Sci: http://www.linuxjournal.com/magazine/automate-system-administration-tasks-puppet Mike