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> In fact, you should be using Puppet or Chef even if you're > just one guy with just one server to manage. > > If you need to replace the box with faster hardw
by technomancy 15y ago
> In fact, you should be using Puppet or Chef even if you're
> just one guy with just one server to manage.
>
> If you need to replace the box with faster hardware, for
> example, just run Puppet on the new box, and it will (if
> you have done your job properly) become identical to the
> new one.
If you've done your job right with the shell script, the same will be true. The problem is that if you have more than N nodes, "doing the job right" becomes more difficult. However N is quite obviously greater than one.