We have ssh as a fail safe system.. Again, all ssh root keys are managed via a package (ima-ssh-rootkeys) and are auto updated on every machine on the network nightly. Apt roxxors my soxxors. Chad Walstrom wrote: > "Eric Peterson" <srcfoo at gmail.com> wrote: > >> I was wondering if anyone uses software to perform mass software >> installations. So that you can install a package on multiple >> machines with a single command. >> > > cfengine 2. Actually, I'm just starting to work on this. I'm tired > of sshing things around. It worked so nicely when I worked at the > IMA, and I've missed it ever since. The number of boxes we need to > manage keeps rising, ssh pub/priv keys need to be managed, X.509 ssl > certs and keys need to be pushed. Etc. > > cfengine is one of the most effective ways to manage your network. > There's a bit of overhead and learning curve, but once it's in place, > you'll never understand why you tried to manage a network without it. > > >> I have serveral Xen guests and I'm hoping their is a good way to do >> this. The guests are all CentOS. >> > > Create a Xen guest that acts as the cfengine master and the other > guests as clients. > > -- ============================================== Nate Sanders nate at ima.umn.edu Associate Systems Manager (612) 624 - 4353 http://www.ima.umn.edu/ ============================================== Institute for Mathematics and its Applications University of Minnesota 400 Lind Hall, 207 Church St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455-0463 ==============================================