We use http://xml2hostconf.sourceforge.net successfully for about 50 computers. Everything is generated out of one xml file + configuration files placed under a directory. What are the benefits of this compared to manually writing kickstart files for each type of computer configuration you have? * What would normally be included in the %post-section is instead being installed as generated configuration RPMs. This has a consequence that there is no problem of keeping already installed machines and new installed machines in sync. The configuration rpms are pulled in by "apt-get dist-upgrade" or "yum update". * Minimizing redundant information. %post-sections in different kickstart-files tend to have a lot of common text. Group the commands into different configuration RPMs and just create dependencies on the configuration RPMs that you want. * Documentation of how all computers are configured is automatically generated in HTML-format. cheers, Erik Sjölund
