[chef] Re: Can you recommend a command-and-control tool?


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  • From: "John E. Vincent (lusis)" < >
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  • Subject: [chef] Re: Can you recommend a command-and-control tool?
  • Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 19:19:23 -0500
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Rundeck and mcollective will probably be your best bet. I'd love to recommend vogeler but I've had to time off from development for a while.

You can also look at func but it's pretty RHEL specific.

On Jan 17, 2011 7:14 PM, "John Vincent" <lusis.org@gmail.com> wrote:
> Rundeck and mcollective are in the top for the most part. I'd recommend
> Vogeler but I've had to take a break from development for a while. You can
> also look at function but it's pretty rhel specific.
> On Jan 17, 2011 7:10 PM, "Mike Williams" < "> >
> wrote:
>> I'm helping a client rebuild their configuration management and software
> deployment tooling, and we have Chef successfully doing both ... but only on
> a per-node basis. Now I'm looking to add a layer above Chef, to orchestrate
> software/platform updates across a data-center, in a controlled fashion.
>>
>> Any recommendations? Has anyone successfully used something like
> mcollective or nanite, with Chef, to do this kind of orchestration? Do
> recipes exist to install these? (The opscode repo contains a nanite
> cookbook, but it appears to be deprecated). Or, do most people find "knife
> exec" sufficient?
>>
>> --
>> cheers,
>> Mike Williams
>>



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