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If you're managing a ton of servers manually, this makes a lot of sense.

by nkotov 2y ago

cyberpunk 2y ago
If you’re managing a ton of servers you are already using ansible or packer or salt or something.
- dawnerd 2y ago
  You’d be surprised… a lot of especially legacy setups are very duct-taped together. Heck recently as last year I needed a three machine cluster and just did it manually instead of ansible. I could definitely see the use of a tool like this if it was fleshed out a bit more.
  - slt2021 2y ago
    https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F5r9zpjy2y40c1.jpg https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F5...
- gunapologist99 2y ago
  (Or Userify installed with Ansible..)
fellerts 2y ago
~/.ssh/config is perfectly fine for that.
- samstave 2y ago
  Nope. I've used linux since the 1990s. Was friends with the founders of LinuxCare, met Torvalds. blah blah blah... Since semi-retire from ops... and basically using windows for a few years without need to manage a linux box, youd be FN surprised how quickly basic knowledge evaporate at my age when not in use. I had to fn lookup how to add my keys to a box again. (After a 3-month long panel-interview with Google's Net Eng Team back in the day - my final panel question was: "OK how do you do a global search and replace in VI?" I *blanked* -- and I stated... "UH.... I'cant recall - id just google it" They all laughed. --- @OP -- look at the remote SSH extension in VSCode/Positron etc... Its a really good little file/function/SSH manager. Though Ill take a look at this.
  - jbstack 2y ago
    If the issue is forgetting basic commands / configuration options then how does swapping one tool for another help? You'll just forget how to use the second tool instead.
    - GTP 2y ago
      The second tool could be more user friendly, thus easier to remember how to use it. Compare how this tool makes you generate a key vs the syntax of ssh-keygen.
  - yodelshady 2y ago
    Worth a chuckle from me too. I could and do type that all day, muscle memory. Verbalize it? Not a chance. There's a % in there somewhere. There does seem to be a subset of questions that are really just "have you repeatedly used this tool in the last few months?". If you have, you'll probably be fast.

If you're managing a ton of servers manually, this makes a lot of sense.

by nkotov 2y ago

If you're managing a ton of servers manually, this makes a lot of sense.

cyberpunk 2y ago

If you’re managing a ton of servers you are already using ansible or packer or salt or something.

dawnerd 2y ago
You’d be surprised… a lot of especially legacy setups are very duct-taped together. Heck recently as last year I needed a three machine cluster and just did it manually instead of ansible. I could definitely see the use of a tool like this if it was fleshed out a bit more.
- slt2021 2y ago
  https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F5r9zpjy2y40c1.jpg https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2F5...
gunapologist99 2y ago
(Or Userify installed with Ansible..)

fellerts 2y ago

~/.ssh/config is perfectly fine for that.

samstave 2y ago
Nope. I've used linux since the 1990s. Was friends with the founders of LinuxCare, met Torvalds. blah blah blah... Since semi-retire from ops... and basically using windows for a few years without need to manage a linux box, youd be FN surprised how quickly basic knowledge evaporate at my age when not in use. I had to fn lookup how to add my keys to a box again. (After a 3-month long panel-interview with Google's Net Eng Team back in the day - my final panel question was: "OK how do you do a global search and replace in VI?" I *blanked* -- and I stated... "UH.... I'cant recall - id just google it" They all laughed. --- @OP -- look at the remote SSH extension in VSCode/Positron etc... Its a really good little file/function/SSH manager. Though Ill take a look at this.
- jbstack 2y ago
  If the issue is forgetting basic commands / configuration options then how does swapping one tool for another help? You'll just forget how to use the second tool instead.
  - GTP 2y ago
    The second tool could be more user friendly, thus easier to remember how to use it. Compare how this tool makes you generate a key vs the syntax of ssh-keygen.
- yodelshady 2y ago
  Worth a chuckle from me too. I could and do type that all day, muscle memory. Verbalize it? Not a chance. There's a % in there somewhere. There does seem to be a subset of questions that are really just "have you repeatedly used this tool in the last few months?". If you have, you'll probably be fast.