From 28a9807fe5e6bfa95015fe72456d63cbb2a5821f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nico Schottelius Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2010 02:20:35 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] first idea, save the creatures begin of life and go to bed, my wife already claims 50% of the bed Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius --- INTRO | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+) create mode 100644 INTRO diff --git a/INTRO b/INTRO new file mode 100644 index 00000000..38017c3d --- /dev/null +++ b/INTRO @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +cdist (=opposite to ccollect) + aka puppet don right + + - reuse of unix, no need for perl^Wruby + - shell + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +what is puppet? + + A configuration deployment assistant, + a DSL that allows you define the objectives. + A webserver with fileserver capabilities. + A client based scheduled polling infrastructure. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +What do I need from puppet? + + - handling of package managers + - Modules: Nice to put stuff together + - All the helper types like + - file + - ssh_keys + - + - facter is cool + +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +What do I miss from puppet? + + - speed + - elegance + - clean design + - documentation + - the "no surprise" factor + - easy to use "data memory" (i.e. external ressources) +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Simple stuff done by Unix[notm] + + - version control via git + - file distribution via ssh + - authentication via ssh + - dumb clients, similar to manifest compile in puppet + - clients just execute commands +