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On May 2, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Chris Gianelloni wrote: |
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> On Fri, 2008-05-02 at 10:20 +0800, Max Arnold wrote: |
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>>>>> Sure. In fact, I have 2 different "host types" right now, a |
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>>>>> "master" |
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>>>>> and a "build host" though they can reside on the same machine. |
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>>>> Which roles they have? |
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>>> I'm not sure that I follow. Are you asking what specific tasks |
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>>> would be |
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>>> performed by the roles above? |
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>> Yes, what specific tasks would be performed by these host types and |
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>> what are benefits of such distinction? |
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>> I guess a "master" purpose is to serve updates, or things are more |
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>> tricky? |
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> Yeah, you're thinking way too small. ;] |
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> The master server will be the control interface for custom profiles |
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> and |
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> binary repositories, which are built by the build servers. It will |
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> (eventually) also be the configuration engine for each server. I hope |
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> to eventually have a complete system capable of controlling a Gentoo |
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> system from birth to death, from a centralized location. |
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Is there any public repository where you are developing this stuff in ? |
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I'd like to contribute if possible. |
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Additionally I'd be interested in your ideas on managing the |
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configuration from this master host.... |
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We're currently using puppet for that which works fine for us, curious |
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why you'd want to re-implement either puppet of cf-engine. |
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Ramon |
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