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Daniel, |
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We have 21 gentoo servers here and I have the same problem, I can't trust any |
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other to do serious configurations on the linux systems because they are |
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still learning things.... |
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So, I started making an automated gentoo install system to make easy for them |
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to deploy the servers and to basic stuff via a perl shell interface, so all |
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the configurations are made to the right files... |
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The CD takes 15 minutes to install a complete Gentoo system and I made two |
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pre-configured servers, for Mail and for Firewall, entirely configurable by |
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the shell (including generating MRTG, nagios etc automagically). |
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I made this project available, if one would like to use it. |
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The site is: |
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http://www.lseriesos.com |
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I need to make clear that: |
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- I made this for my use in my organisation, and made it available to anyone |
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that who likes it... |
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- The primary goal is to automate things, so I won't be called when basic |
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things need to be configured (mails, spam rules, proxy settings), and that's |
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why I created a perl shell with the most common options to the support people |
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configure and I won't be afraid they screw the system, because they dont have |
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access do a root shell prompt. |
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Also, I'm sorry my english is not so good. |
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On Friday 07 March 2008 10:12:29 Daniel van Ham Colchete wrote: |
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> Hello yall! |
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> I tried sending this to the gluster-use ml, but didn't get any |
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> answer... I wonder why... |
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> Here at my company we have 18 Gentoo servers spread over 3 data |
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> centers and our office. We have well defined and time-proven (one of |
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> the servers was installed in 2004 and it's still the same Gentoo) |
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> processes on monitoring, backup, applying security fixes, and |
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> maintenance. We have almost 100% of high availability and some |
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> services even have high availability across different data centers in |
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> Florida and California. We are using catalyst with cfengine to save us |
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> a few hours of work every week and everything is working great. |
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> I would like to move forward to some other projects but most of the |
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> knowledge (60%) required to do everything resides on my head alone. |
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> I'm hit by a car in the streets and something might go bad, like the |
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> required monthly database partition maintenance. |
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> I would like to hear from the list what you are using for |
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> infrastructure, software, processes, hardware documentation. I think I |
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> need a system with a good user access control, an all-in-one solution |
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> to document everything. Using Wiki+UML would solve the issue (I have |
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> 30% already documented in wikis) but (a) none of them were designed |
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> for this specific task and (b) they don't integrate, people would have |
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> to use two systems that knows nothing about each other. |
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> What are you cluster guys doing to be replaceable? |
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> Thank you very much in advance! |
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> Best regards, |
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> Daniel Colchete |
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