<p>I meet around 10 to 20 administrators of large hadoop clusters per month and most of them that are using configuration management use puppet. Its simple and works well.</p>
<p>Brock</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Aug 29, 2011 3:41 PM, "David Alanis" <<a href="mailto:canito@dalan.us">canito@dalan.us</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">> Quoting Michael Erickson <<a href="mailto:erickson.michael@gmail.com">erickson.michael@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> <br>>> Hi folks,<br>>><br>>> First I should probably do a quick introduction. I'm Mike Erickson <br>>> and I've been a subscriber to the list for some time, but this is my <br>>> first post. I'm running a small startup in Minneapolis where we <br>
>> are building web services using Semantic Web technologies for <br>>> specific vertical markets (currently semiconductors). Before this, <br>>> I spent about a decade doing Embedded Software. I just saw the <br>
>> post about Puppet and Chef and found it interesting because I've <br>>> been looking into various server configuration management tools.<br>>><br>>> Our system runs in Rackspace's cloud using Debian images. All of <br>
>> our software is written in Python (my own personal habit) using <br>>> Django as our web framework. I automatically deploy our software to <br>>> new server instances using 'fabric'. Technically I could probably <br>
>> do just about everything I need using 'fabric' or 'fanout' or other <br>>> similar tools. However, I like to keep things organized and certain <br>>> aspects of configuring a newly provisioned server, be it front-end <br>
>> or back-end, really don't belong in 'fabric' scripts. Thus, I <br>>> started looking for a proper tool managing server configuration.<br>>><br>>> From my research it appears that Cfengine is the "grandfather" of <br>
>> configuration management tools. Then there are some of the <br>>> "upstarts" such as Bcfg2, Puppet, Chef, and others.<br>>><br>>> I *really* want to like Bcfg2 as I believe it has some unique and <br>
>> technically superior things going for it. Unfortunately its <br>>> documentation is just horrid. I spent a day with it and may give it <br>>> another day...but the available docs make it almost impossible (at <br>
>> least for me) to get anywhere fast. The people on their IRC channel <br>>> are helpful, but I have a hard time committing to a tool built by a <br>>> community that can't take the time to write a decent manual.<br>
>><br>>> I started looking at Cfengine just before I left for 10-days in <br>>> Africa, and will be checking that out some more now that I'm home.<br>>><br>>> Does anyone on the list have any thoughts regarding any of these <br>
>> tools? What have you used in the past? What do you like/hate about <br>>> something you have used or are using?<br>>><br>>> Cheers,<br>>> --mike<br>>> _______________________________________________<br>
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>><br>> <br>> Hi Mike-<br>> <br>> I am also looking into a configuration management tool myself. Well <br>> actually, I've decided to go with Puppet since this tool seems to be <br>> what small and large companies are using, that I've had experience with.<br>
> <br>> Before deciding to go with Puppet myself, I did some on line research <br>> and from some of the feedback, Puppet seems to offer what companies <br>> are looking for. It is written in Ruby so you may be able to add to it <br>
> as necessary. Although I am not that deep into it yet.<br>> <br>> Considering that some tools lack well written documentation, I've had <br>> good success finding what I am looking for using Puppets on line <br>
> documentation.<br>> <br>> To make it easier for myself and plus considering that I like reading <br>> Technical material I purchased Puppet Pro from Amazon.<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Puppet-James-Turnbull/dp/1430230576">http://www.amazon.com/Pro-Puppet-James-Turnbull/dp/1430230576</a><br>
> <br>> In short, I would also be interested in hearing others peoples opinion <br>> that have had experience with these tools.<br>> <br>> Thanks-<br>> <br>> <br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------<br>
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