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| + | *[http://cfengine.com/community CFEngine] ("Community Edition", aka the free version) — a configuration management tool. | ||
| + | *[http://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-open-source/ Puppet] (open source version) — a Ruby-based management and automation tool for [[Linux]] system administration. | ||
| + | *[http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/ Bcfg2] (pronounced "bee-config") — a configuration management tool written in [[Python]] | ||
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Revision as of 22:30, 7 July 2012
etckeeper is a collection of tools to let /etc be stored in a git, mercurial, darcs, or bzr repository. It hooks into apt (and other package managers including yum and pacman-g2) to automatically commit changes made to /etc during package upgrades. It tracks file metadata that revison control systems do not normally support, but that is important for /etc, such as the permissions of /etc/shadow. It is quite modular and configurable, while also being simple to use if you understand the basics of working with revision control.
etckeeper is available in git at git://git.kitenet.net/etckeeper, or in gitweb. It is usually packaged in Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.
See also
- CFEngine ("Community Edition", aka the free version) — a configuration management tool.
- Puppet (open source version) — a Ruby-based management and automation tool for Linux system administration.
- Bcfg2 (pronounced "bee-config") — a configuration management tool written in Python
- git
- svn
