Re: best software for managing multiple freebsd & linux machines ?

On 10/10/21 15:26, Russell L. Carter wrote:
> I use a single machine to keep host specific files git vc'd, 


One Git project per host, or one Git project for everything?


> and then I just write scripts


What scripting language(s)?


> for tasks and rsync them over and execute them from the config box via ssh.

So, the configuration of each host is determined by installation (e.g. 
full configuration) followed by a sequence of task scripts (e.g. 
differential configuration)?


What if a script fails?


Rollback?


Idempotentcy?


Do you record what scripts have run for each host, and the outcome?


How do you determine the configuration of a host at some point in the past?


What if you perform configuration tasks by hand?


David