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Jason Stubbs wrote: |
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> Joe Rizzo wrote: |
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>> I am looking at deploying a large scale installation of systems running |
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>> Gentoo. (Large scale being 200-300 systems) Currently, I am mainly |
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>> concerned with how to handle portage and packages. |
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I've been wanting to deal with that myself, but haven't had a chance to |
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figure out the best method to do so. I'd be interested in what you come |
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up with in the end that works! |
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> Although it pains me to say it, I'd suggest not using emerge's remote |
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> binary package feature. Instead, you'd be much safer to rsync the binary |
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> packages as well and use portage with the local package repository. To |
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> be quite honest, that particular feature in it's current implementation |
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> is basically unmaintained and has several obscure bugs that hit often. |
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> This will be rectified in the next major portage release, but until then |
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> the ideas and methods you outlined would be your best bet. |
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Also, if you include updates from the main tree that include movement of |
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packages between categories, sometimes the binary packages will get |
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broken because of that. I'm sure Jason can point out the problem with |
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that, but I've been bit by that a few times myself. |
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> As for the actual rolling out of upgrades and configuration changes, |
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> I've heard many people rave about cfengine. I believe it is used |
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> extensively throughout gentoo's own infrastructure as well. I haven't |
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> spent the time to learn it myself yet though so can't offer any advice |
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> beyond that either. |
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Yes, if you want to do simple config pushes, cfengine would be the |
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perfect fit. We do use it throughout all of Gentoo's infrastructure and |
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makes our life much easier (though, sometimes its a pain). Just make |
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sure you read up on their documentation (which is great), and maybe add |
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yourself to their help mailing list. |
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