From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1Hprvw-0005a8-FO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 20 May 2007 20:23:16 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4KKMd6i029364; Sun, 20 May 2007 20:22:39 GMT Received: from fibroptix.itix.fr (fibroptix.itix.fr [81.56.241.91]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4KKKb1G026910 for ; Sun, 20 May 2007 20:20:37 GMT Received: by fibroptix.itix.fr (Postfix, from userid 81) id AC942342CF23; Sun, 20 May 2007 22:20:36 +0200 (CEST) Received: from ppp-99.net-151.static.magiconline.fr (ppp-99.net-151.static.magiconline.fr [62.39.252.99]) by imp.itix.fr (Horde MIME library) with HTTP; Sun, 20 May 2007 22:20:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20070520222036.77vwf3haaswsscgw@imp.itix.fr> Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 22:20:36 +0200 From: Nicolas MASSE To: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org, Charles Duffy Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Best practices in managing large server groups References: <4650937E.80301@spamcop.net> In-Reply-To: <4650937E.80301@spamcop.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-server@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-server@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) H3 (4.1.3) X-Archives-Salt: 84c69b1d-5ce6-453b-849b-ce39cf5f4dd9 X-Archives-Hash: 8a66dca7b6fe8c0c0d7497ecc30b78ce Quoting Charles Duffy : > [Apologies if this is a duplicate post; I tried posting this through > GMANE yesterday without subscribing first, and it appears not to have > gone through; likewise when I posted several hours ago today from a > different address than the one I subscribed]. > > All, > > I'm looking at replacing SuSE SLES9 with Gentoo for an enterprise > application (for reasons of flexibility and licensing) (no, we don't > have an enterprise application budget -- just the reliability > requirements; yaaay, startups!). We're looking to be able to deploy and > manage hundreds of geographically distributed servers. > > We have a QA department available to vet each configuration before it is > deployed to the field. We have infrastructure for tracking the progress > of code in svn from creation though QA to deployment; I'm anticipating > tracking a local overlay (containing all packages we use), make.conf, > /etc/portage/*, etc. through this system, autobuilding system images > (either to run virtualized or on real hardware) from the contents of > svn, building binary packages and deploying them to real hardware. > > I'm interested in best practices, suggested tools, and/or 3rd party > experiences in this regard. I have absolutely no experience with this, but during one of my =20 training courses, I found the following document : - http://www.fernhilltec.com.au/~adrian/kara/kara.html Maybe, it could give some ideas... Nicolas. ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program. -- gentoo-server@gentoo.org mailing list