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*[http://changetrack.sourceforge.net/ changetrack] &mdash; a program to automatically monitor changes to a set of files.
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*[http://cfengine.com/community CFEngine] ("Community Edition", aka the free version) &mdash; a configuration management tool.
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*[http://puppetlabs.com/puppet/puppet-open-source/ Puppet] (open source version) &mdash; a Ruby-based management and automation tool for [[Linux]] system administration.
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*[http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/ Bcfg2] (pronounced "bee-config") &mdash; a configuration management tool written in [[Python]]
 
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Latest revision as of 05:56, 8 July 2013

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

  • changetrack — a program to automatically monitor changes to a set of files.
  • 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

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