Cdist - a zero dependency shell based configuration management tool (github.com) 5 points by nwmcsween 15y ago ↗ HN
[–] nwmcsween 15y ago ↗ Relevant reasoning of why by the author http://www.nico.schottelius.org/blog/migrating-away-from-pup... [–] ra 15y ago ↗ I know it's not much of a big deal, but I have always been deterred from using Puppet, Chef, CfEngine because:a) You need to setup a central server (I hate adding non-core infrastructure)b) You need Ruby. IMHO a whole new world of dependencies to taint and un-simplify your precious production servers.
[–] ra 15y ago ↗ I know it's not much of a big deal, but I have always been deterred from using Puppet, Chef, CfEngine because:a) You need to setup a central server (I hate adding non-core infrastructure)b) You need Ruby. IMHO a whole new world of dependencies to taint and un-simplify your precious production servers.
[–] mooism2 15y ago ↗ How do I get that README into a readable format? If the weird tags are part of github-flavoured markdown (I'm not familiar with it yet) then the appropriate extension should be added.
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[ 2.5 ms ] story [ 29.4 ms ] threada) You need to setup a central server (I hate adding non-core infrastructure)
b) You need Ruby. IMHO a whole new world of dependencies to taint and un-simplify your precious production servers.