David Timms <dtimms@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jon Ciesla wrote: [...] > > My primary questions are these: > > 1. Yumdiff scratched my itch, namely to quickly compare machines to > > achieve software parity. It was born in a data center composed of > > machines that change roles on a semi-regular basis. Does it scratch > > anyone else's itch? > Yes, often, I will want to move the complete configuration from one > machine to another, before "putting down" the old machine. I had been > thinking recently how I could script this to save time. The machines > are performing server roles with a reduced set of packages. Easy: system-config-kickstart --generate /some/file edit to taste, backup the local configuration tweaks. > While kickstart capability is great, I have not tended to customize a > new kickstart file for every different machine. I just use > kickstart/network install to get the machine to a known state before > removing unneeded packages. You can remove them in the kickstart file. It saves lots of time and aggravation (axed something that was needed, etc). [...] > > I'm contemplating/playing around with a feature that would use screen > > on the local machine to allow remotely updating multiple machines to > > match the local machine, > I think this would be the most useful capability. Not needed, if you have a kickstart file for the source machine. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 2654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 2654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 2797513 -- fedora-extras-list mailing list fedora-extras-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-extras-list
