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 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1G4vSD-00025o-BO for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:06:17 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with SMTP id k6O84Scr029831; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:04:28 GMT Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.186]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.7/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6O7vV2r025622 for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 07:57:31 GMT Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id m19so1329699nfc for ; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:57:31 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=pe1mLgCC7YWZmBon9uKXGQLFznobb8XIpWAQE97ba61k4RrxVJHFyUY05sPtwqsuIKTKUjlu18ieE+Wp5cjZthizjUgN1pSfv+KIhnKAGvHAnun3HE45VMPPk0DmZ7+VJX6mdUAGnFe1x9y/lTJZDHkRMq7dDyRy0zFVb3w3EU0= Received: by 10.78.185.7 with SMTP id i7mr1387075huf; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.78.118.5 with HTTP; Mon, 24 Jul 2006 00:57:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <306bf010607240057w62c8ccdeg971120f1199822d0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 09:57:31 +0200 From: "Jose Gonzalez Gomez" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] How to create my own linux distribution In-Reply-To: <200607180835.37263.gentoo.org@machturtle.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_15894_28607895.1153727851152" References: <20060718094408.11578.qmail@web37707.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20060718121426.104990@gmx.net> <200607180835.37263.gentoo.org@machturtle.com> X-Archives-Salt: 05cde1b9-275f-4edf-b428-21c535780c78 X-Archives-Hash: 607f48301aec574ac44a2aee46021ea9 ------=_Part_15894_28607895.1153727851152 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 2006/7/18, David Corbin : > > Not wanting to hijack the thread from the OP, but this subject interests > me > for the following reason. I work on a software system where one customer > has > about 10000 systems at about 500 locations. Remote systems are > categorized > as one of 3 types/configurations. Automated management of them is > essential, > including upgrades, but seldom upgrades "to the latest and greatest" as > stability is very important. Upgrades need to "just work", and not > require > manual intervention. Currently, they're all on Windows in one form or > another (ugh!). The systems in question have very limited capabilities, > and > the people on site have very limited permissions. > > Other potential customers have similar size systems, and I certainly > expect > someone to realize the value of Linux for this. I'd like to have a > solution > in my mind when the time comes. > > I've considered the idea of a custom distribution to do this. There is no > doubt in my mind, that any such distribtuion would be based on an existing > one, with tweaks that deal with where updates come from, and what packages > are availble, etc. Gentoo or Debian are the two likely candidates. I'm > not > *sure* a customized distribution is appropriate. > > I think you should take a look at: http://www.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/index.html http://www.cfengine.org/ Best regards Jose ------=_Part_15894_28607895.1153727851152 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline 2006/7/18, David Corbin <gentoo.org@machturtle.com>:
Not wanting to hijack the thread from the OP, but this subject interests me
for the following reason. I work on a software system where one customer has
about 10000 systems at about 500 locations.  Remote systems are categorized
as one of 3 types/configurations.  Automated management of them is essential,
including upgrades, but seldom upgrades "to the latest and greatest" as
stability is very important.  Upgrades need to "just work", and not require
manual intervention.  Currently, they're all on Windows in one form or
another (ugh!).  The systems in question have very limited capabilities, and
the people on site have very limited permissions.

Other potential customers have similar size systems, and I certainly expect
someone to realize the value of Linux for this.  I'd like to have a solution
in my mind when the time comes.

I've considered the idea of a custom distribution to do this.  There is no
doubt in my mind, that any such distribtuion would be based on an existing
one, with tweaks that deal with where updates come from, and what packages
are availble, etc.  Gentoo or Debian are the two likely candidates.  I'm not
*sure* a customized distribution is appropriate.


I think you should take a look at:

http://www.reductivelabs.com/projects/puppet/index.html
http://www.cfengine.org/


Best regards
Jose
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