Which conf.-management tool are you using?

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Hi people,


as I'm buying more and more LET boxes I think it's time to look for a configuration management tool to manage all boxes at once.


I'm curious to hear which tool(s) you're using.


I had a look at the following ones:




  • Rex



    • Con: Authentication management is a bit messy (login as non-root user with ssh-keys, then ask for root-pw for sudo-actions)




  • Fabric



    • Con: Not OS/system independent: You'll have to switch between apt and yum by yourself.




  • Puppet / Chef



    • Haven't tested it yet




What I'm looking for:



  • Easy API/interface to write simple tasks

  • Easy to maintain/extend

  • Highly configurable authentication process

  • Abstraction from OSes (e.g. install_package("vnstat") should install it on centos/debian/freeBSD or whatever)


I found a neat list of configuration management tools on wikipedia: http://ift.tt/1satIRe


Anything you can recommend?


The best,


gehaxelt


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