Tools for managing the configuration of multiple servers? [closed]

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I've been looking at OpsCode's Chef, which seems pretty cool. I was wondering if anyone else had encountered useful tools?

Answer 1

The classic is cfengine. It's been around forever.

Answer 2

CFEngine has indeed been around forever, but the newest version (CFEngine 3) is a complete rewrite from previous versions. The policy language in CF3 is redesigned to make it more consistent and extensible. There's also now, if you are so inclined, a commercial version that has a nice graphical user interface and other enhancements.

There's a whole lot of information about CFEngine at http://cfengine.com/tech

(disclaimer: I work at CFEngine AS)