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Hi Watson,
yes some of the software are commercial but I am looking at Ansible and
looks solid for what I was looking for.
Cheers,
Noah
On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 5:57 PM, Watson Kamanga <watson.kamanga at seacom.mu>
wrote:
> Any one with a running setup that they have used , which they will like to
> share or showcase to others .
>
> Problem as all of us know , they is commercial software which can do all
> this but how many can afford them . Most IT or IP budgets ARE a balancing
> act every day of must have or nice to have .
>
> So will be great to demo or have a write up on how to .
>
> I am looking at OpenStack at the moment NOAH .
>
> Regards
>
> Watson
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On 04 May 2016, at 4:43 PM, Hervey Allen <hervey at nsrc.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 5/4/16 12:46 AM, Noah wrote:
> >> Hi Hervey,
> >>
> >> Thank you for that long list...
> >>
> >> Looks like Ansible/Jinja2 + a combination of some python scripts will do
> >> me justice though I will also look at puppet...
> >>
> >> I think Brian had some nice Ansible material somewhere which I will look
> >> at too.
> >>
> >> Thanks a lot Nishal, Joe and Hervey for sharing...
> >
> > A pleasure Noah.
> >
> > I can send you pointers to the Ansible materials.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Hervey
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, May 4, 2016 at 1:40 AM, Hervey Allen <hervey at nsrc.org
> >> <mailto:hervey at nsrc.org>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 5/3/16 1:29 PM, Noah wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On 3 May 2016 22:26, "Nishal Goburdhan" <nishal at controlfreak.co.za
> <mailto:nishal at controlfreak.co.za>
> >>> <mailto:nishal at controlfreak.co.za <mailto:nishal at controlfreak.co.za>>>
> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 3 May 2016, at 20:44, Noah wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Hi folks,
> >>>>>
> >>>>> What opensource tools are folks outhere using for network operation
> >>>>> automation and to be be specific, bulk configurations, automated
> software
> >>>>> upgrades of say a good number of network gears etc...
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> i use puppet to semi-automate management and maintenance of a good few
> >>> (70+) linux hosts. if i knew more about puppet, that could probably
> >>> read ?fully-automate?, but that?s my failing, not the system ..
> >>>
> >>> Hi Nisha
> >>>
> >>> Ok cool, I will look at puppet..
> >>>
> >>>> you didn?t say what you wanted to do - if you?re looking for generic
> >>> support for network equipment (read: routers+switches) you?re likely
> to
> >>> find ansible a better fit, since there?s no ?client? involved here;
> >>> just ssh.
> >>>
> >>> Yes exactly the above and i had looked at Ansible actually but not in
> >>> details yet.
> >>>
> >>>> of course, if you?re not already using rancid/oxidised, you?re missing
> >>> step #1.
> >>>
> >>> I am just curious what other folks out there could be using...
> >>
> >> Some folks I know use CFEngine and Chef. These folks have told me
> they
> >> wish they were using Puppet.
> >>
> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puppet_(software)
> >>
> >> and, this points you to:
> >>
> >>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_configuration_management_software
> >>
> >> From asking around over the years Puppet, Ansible, Netdot and custom
> mix
> >> of scripts and specific tools seem to be quite popular for those
> going
> >> the Open Source / "Free" software route.
> >>
> >> - Hervey
> >>
> >>
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