[wellylug] Multiple RHEL systems

[michael at diaspora.gen.nz]

Cliff Pratt writes:
>Has anyone any ideas on how to maintain multiple DeadRat 
>Enterprise Linux systems? I don't fancy using 'up2date' 
>times the number of machines. Should I look at yum or 
>something?

up2date can be set to automatically download and apply patches.

If you have lots of money, RedHat Satellite or Proxy servers can be useful
-- Proxy helps cut down on bandwidth, and Satellite is effectively an
RHN clone, with lots of neat features.

yum would be a good bet for your own repository (unless you've got lots
of money, and are using Satellite).

You might also want to investigate cfengine for managing config files
from a central location; that normally becomes a win after you have 5-10
systems in the same network.

    -- michael.