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On 12:42 Wed 23 Mar , Alexander Sulfrian wrote: |
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> Maybe you know web based software management solutions from various |
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> enterprise Linux distributions (I remember, that at least RedHat have |
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> such thing): |
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> Based on an python api for portage and some way to issue the api calls |
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> over network (ssh, xmlrpc, maybe google-protobuf or other), it would |
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> be possible to create a web based interface, where you can add clients |
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> and install/update packages, view logs, changes portage settings or |
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> merge configuration files. With that it would be easier to manage a |
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> large Gentoo-based server farm. Additionally it would be possibly to |
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> create a simple cli to control all registered clients. |
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> What do you think? |
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Yes, this would be awesome. Take a look at the Gentoo Enterprise |
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Management System (GEMS) [1] and Systems Configuration, Installation, |
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and Replication Environment (SCIRE) [2] and please explain: |
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- How they fail to meet these needs |
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- Whether you should enhance one of them or start a new project from scratch |
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- Why you made the choice above |
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I strongly recommend that you consider enhancing existing code based on |
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the new existence of Portage APIs, even if the code has been in |
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hibernation for a while. |
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1. http://sourceforge.net/projects/gentoo-ems/ |
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2. http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/scire/ |
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Thanks, |
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Donnie |
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Donnie Berkholz |
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Admin, Summer of Code |
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Gentoo Linux |
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Blog: http://dberkholz.com |
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