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Much better option: puppet, chef, ansible, or any other configuration management / automated systems administration tool. Stop logging in to boxes to change th
by dsr_ 9y ago
Much better option: puppet, chef, ansible, or any other configuration management / automated systems administration tool.
Stop logging in to boxes to change them. Instead, make a change in your version-controlled config repository, get a machine to test it, and if it works, roll it out to all the machines with that role. Or do half of them, and wait for things to settle, and then do the other half. Lots of options.
You might want to read The Practice of System Administration -- http://everythingsysadmin.com/ http://everythingsysadmin.com/
- thsowers 9y agoI'll be sure to check those out as well as the link. My knowledge of system administration is lacking, particularly in the Best Practices area, but it's a task that has fallen to me, so I would welcome any other SysAdmin 101 material. Thank you!
- dsr_ 9y agoAlso check out LOPSA, the League of Professional Systems Administrators at www.lopsa.org. Join their irc channels and mailing lists. Very helpful people.