Puppet is an application to automate the configuration of UNIX systems. The puppet master defines the intended system state (packages, files, services, etc) on a central server. On the managed installations an agent regularly fetches the manifest and applies it to the system. The agent sends information (like hostname or IP address) from the system to the server. This can be used to parametrise the configuration.
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What is puppet?
03:15 PMC++ templates for Fun and Profit
11:36 AMWijaa asks on stackoverflow: What’s the most brilliant use of templates you’ve ever encountered?
Reading the linked articles gave me much joy. Here are some highlights:
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Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
04:11 PMRecently I looked again for the “Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar”. Very handy for Web Development. Firefox has about 1000 Plugins, but IE is another story.
Google Talk Review: Benefits from Open Sourcing Code
02:53 PMBen Collins-Sussman and Brian “Fitz” Fitzpatrick talk in this Google Talk about the business reasons behind open sourcing code, as well as how to successfully build a community around the code. In this entry I collected their arguments.