Re: management tools?

On 12/24/2012 10:12 PM, Miles Fidelman wrote:
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I'm getting ready to rebuild a small hosting cluster, and this time
> around add more automation to my management approach.  Which leads me to
> wonder: Those of you who provide hosting services using Debian, what are
> you using for:
> - initial o/s install and configuration (e.g., FAI, other things?)
> - software install/update/configuration (chef, puppet, ?)
> - virtual machine management
> - user management (control panels, ...)
> - overall management (nagios, webmin, ...)
> 
> Sort of trying to get sense of what people actually use, and in what
> combinations, rather than what's got the buzz this week.
> 
> Thanks for anything you might share.
> 
> Miles Fidelman

Hi,

It all depends what you want to do. If you want to host domain names,
email accounts, etc., then probably you will want to try DTC, available
from Debian experimental. It has support for Xen VMs too, and
accounting, invoicing, billing, etc.:
http://dtcsupport.gplhost.com/PmWiki/DebianExpressSetup

If you are searching for cloud, then probably you should have a look here:
https://wiki.debian.org/OpenStackHowto/Folsom

Unfortunately, it doesn't look nice, after the Debian wiki hack, and I
can't edit it, but hopefully, this will change in the near future.

I'm involved in both projects, so I'd be happy to help / get feedback.

Cheers,

Thomas