[nycbug-talk] SaltStack and Ansible experience?
Pete Wright
pete at nomadlogic.org
Thu Jul 25 18:49:43 EDT 2013
On 07/25/13 15:43, Charles Sprickman wrote:
> While looking through the wikipedia list of configuration management software[1], I noticed a few new entrants that appear to have some momentum, Ansible[2] and SaltStack[3]. Both appear to have a fair amount of support for the *BSDs. Both are python based.
>
> For example, looking at SaltStack's list of modules[4], I see support for lots of FreeBSD features: using pkgng (like full support - upgrading a package, fetching current package options, making a backup of an installed package), poudriere (trigger a bulk build, list/create jails and ports trees), and jails.
>
> Anyone here use either of these? Ideally I'd like something a bit lighter, but SaltStack is intriguing so far. I also need to see what Puppet currently looks like, but the few BSD-centric reviews I've seen of SaltStack and Ansible both note that support for at least FreeBSD is better than in Puppet-land and that both projects are happy to take patches.
>
I am a pretty big fan of Ansible - and the primary dev behind it was
also they guy responsible for cobbler and func (and worked at puppetlabs
in a key position for a while as well).
i've been a long time user of cobbler and func in small and *very* large
environments and have been quite happy with the quality of code and its
extensibility. ansible seems to have the same DNA and community that
was built around cobbler, so i strongly suggest giving it a serious look.
-p
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