[LRUG] Chef or Puppet

[Kenneth Lee]

I've been using this little project called "conman" 
https://github.com/moocode/conman

I know the person who wrote it so it's really just a set of scripts, we 
just wanted a way to wrap essentially shell commands and write ruby all 
the way.

It's not really ready for external use, but it might give you some 
thoughts of what you are trying to achieve first. We just wanted to get 
a server up and running from a clean install with 2-3 commands to having 
it fully configured and ready for capistrano deployment in essentially 
minutes and rolling our own achieved it. Our goal was to make idempotent 
install scripts to get EC2 instances prepped without making images.

So my advice is play with both and see which fits best to your workflow, 
stick with conventional ways first to learn then ask why. Have fun.

Ken

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> 	Riccardo Tacconi <mailto:rtacconi at gmail.com>
> 2 August 2011 14:32
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>
> Hi,
>
> I remember I attended the Chef and Puppet talk last year (or may be it 
> was 2009). However I do not have a clear picture of which I should 
> choose. I have been using Chef from yesterday but I find it complex 
> and although the site has many documents, I find myself lost. I saw 
> that Puppet have a new book written by on the the Lruggers, so I could 
> buy that book and start from one point and move forward.
>
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