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Shell scripts are just so brittle is the problem -- I think maybe you're looking for something closer to fabric: http://www.fabfile.org/ http://www.fabfile.org
by mattbillenstein 9y ago
Shell scripts are just so brittle is the problem -- I think maybe you're looking for something closer to fabric:
http://www.fabfile.org/ http://www.fabfile.org/
It's kinda fallen out of favor I think with things like Ansible and Saltstack, but I think it might still be a good fit for some things.
- mkauer 9y agoNow that you mention it, I've used fabric before as well. I didn't feel as much of a disconnect between local and remote commands as I do in Ansible somehow. Nevertheless, it is once again, its own syntax somehow. You say that scripts are brittle and I am not sure where to stand on that issue. What are the biggest problems you have run into with shell scripts for configuration?
- mattbillenstein 9y agoThey're just hard to compose, mix in configuration state, make idempotent, etc. I mean, probably fine for one box, but once you have two, not ideal.