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We manage 1,000's of machines, dedicated hardware and virtual on a wide range of linux distributions (CentOS, Debian, some oddballs like Gentoo, even a few Free BSD boxes).  Now, not *all* of them need to be in configuration management if it's not possible, but it would be nice.  For automating tasks on these servers, I currently use a home-made ssh / expect solution -- for instance to patch a CVE for a library or something.  It would be nice to upgrade that to a less hacky solution.

As far as end state, at first I'd just like to manage some of our clustered, loadbalanced setups.  A typical case would be Glusterfs synced web cluster, mysql galera, or basic mysql relication clusters, and probably some other basic configuration.

I plan on handling the more complicated stuff after that.

We do not have the ability to install an agent on all of these machines per policy, so if I want to try to use one CF system, an agentless approach is best.

EDIT:  I can get away with installing a few perl modules, but I won't be able to install a puppet agent for instance on all of them.  Some of these clients already use puppet internally for their servers, but we still have a management contract with them, which adds even more headache.
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Safe Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Be civil, No violations of [TOS](https://mastodon.world/about). No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it. No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban.