[Discuss] Patch/Server management software

[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On 03/27/2013 09:33 AM, Chuck Anderson wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 02:30:35PM -0400, Jerry Feldman wrote:
>> I've got about 30 Linux servers (RHEL 5.9). I looked at Puppet. No
>> one in our organization was using it, and it is only free for 10
>> notes, and I don't want to go through the additional paperwork to
>> buy it
> While there is a Puppet Enterprise version with commercial support
> which does cost money and has a 10 node limit before paying up, the
> non-Enterprise version of Puppet is open source and free to use
> without paying anyone as long as you don't need commercial support.
> There are also a few dashboard front-ends, like Puppet Dashboard and
> The Foreman.  We are using the latter with 30 nodes or so.
>
>> I currently use 2 tools
>> 1. RHN Network Satellite. This keeps track of all the hosts I have
>> registered with it, and the patch status. This does not help with
>> CentOS hosts.
> RHN costs money.
>
>
Yes it does. We have a corporate contract with Red Hat. If your systems 
are RHEL then using RHN can help you manage. However, my home grown 
script did not cost any out-of-pocket, and trying to get approval to 
install it would be difficult.

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