[CentOS] Package Distribution Server?

Gary Greene
Fri, 04 Jun 2010 17:10:57 -0000

On 6/3/10 8:27 PM, "Zhihao Lou" <lzh1984 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I'm trying to set up a lab with multiple workstations running CentOS
> 5. Does anybody knows how to keep the packages in sync among
> workstations? Ideally I want any change made on any machine be able to
> applied to all other machines. Alternatively, to "push" the
changes
> (add and/or remove packages) from one central server to all other
> machine is also fine.
>
> Thanks
>
> Zhihao Lou
>
> P.S.: Sorry for the confusion subject line. I really don't know
what's
> the accurate name for the feature I described here.
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My recommendation is use a configuration management system like puppet
(http://www.puppetlabs.com/) or slack (http://code.google.com/p/slack/)
using a role that runs yum with the change list needed for the machines in
the field. This gets you the ability to have uniform configurations and
"push" from a central server.


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