Remote Pacman and Parent/Child Config Management

fukawi2 · 2009-06-17 08:46:10

Remote Pacman? I'm trying to figure out a way to achieve the following
1) Remote package management from a central server. IE, 'push' new packages from a 'parent' server out to multiple 'child' servers and have the parent know if the child has successfully installed/upgraded the package(s) or not.
2) Central management of files - ie, maintain a master copy on a central parent server, then push it out to the child servers. This would be for files like /etc/ssh/sshd_config etc.

I'm looking for a way to simplify the management of multiple machines, especially where the config and packages between them is the same. Some of these machines are on disparate, insecure networks, so NIS(+) isn't an option for managing config files. The added bonus is that if the parent for both 1 and 2 above can keep track of the 'state' of the children, then if I have to rebuild the server or deploy another one, I can just 'repush' it from the parent server...

The best I can think of at the moment is to use and abuse the powers of nagios-nrpe and hack together some bash-scripts for each end. It already has SSL and everything to ensure secure connections. Except it doesn't have a way to send binary files (eg, new packages) over it's connection AFAIK.

Last edited by fukawi2 (2009-06-17 08:46:54)

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#1 2009-06-17 08:46:10

Remote Pacman and Parent/Child Config Management

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