Questions tagged [configuration-management]
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Solutions for creating presets for reproducible environments?
Currently i'm brainstorming for a solution that would solve the following conundrums:
I want my configuration files for user specific and machine specific items to securely yet easily accessible ...
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Commandline config manager
Is there a tool for managing entries of a config file? E.g: by toggling comments, or setting some keys to some values. I know, for a one-time configuration it's easy to just use sed or awk like:
awk '/...
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A hierarchical config repository. Is this a thing?
It's always a challenge in this business finding the right level of abstraction.
We are regularly confronted with the need for, let's say, variables in our web apps, whose values are created at "...
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Is there a good replacement for RANCID for network device configuration management?
We've been using Shrubbery Networks RANCID for a good long time to maintain backups of network configurations from many different kinds of devices and have patched and repatched the various perl and ...
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Technology for setting up temporary environments to reproduce customer issues
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Sometimes I need to reproduce issues that appear only in the customer's environment. I could manually set up virtual machines to sufficiently mirror their environment, but it would be very nice to ...
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What are opensource frameworks for implementing network configuration for a network switch/router?
We are implementing a simple router for a niche area and like to address the network configuration aspects a fresh view. I know of SNMP and netconf We like to have a good base framework and build ...
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Tool that combines JSON Schema driven form generation with CMS on GIT tool?
I am looking for a configuration GUI that is constrained by something like jsonschema and versioned with git.
I am looking for a tool that combines the functions of something like: https://rjsf-team....
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Python package that knows how to manipulate config files for various software products
I once ran across a very cool Python project that provides a Pythonic interface to various config file formats like:
/etc/hosts
/etc/resolv.conf
Samba smb.conf
Etc. I think the library was produced ...
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Configuration management for 50 users, for source code and documents
I am looking for a configuration management product that satisfies these needs:
I want to be able to store and fetch source code files and documents.
I want to see the changes made by whom and when ...
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What software to represent hierarchical objects as a tree
In my current project, we have several components (some are hardware and software, other are pure software) and all of them require some configurations.
Usually, the configuration is a file containing ...
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Software to prevent configuration editing mistakes
i am working in a company where the operations team often touches production configurations (i know, not ideal, but the customers have physical processes that often change and that need to be mirrored ...
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Configuration management based on Python
I am searching a software which does configuration management in python syntax.
Required feature:
open source (but not GPL)
Python syntax
debuggable
command line tool
state based (Second call should ...
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What is the best system requirements check tool?
At our small company we provide software to our clients that has specific requirements. Most of our clients are very limited in their technology skills. Quite often, when one of our users has a ...
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Tool to configure a Raspberry Pi distro
I am having problems with the setup of a headless Raspberry Pi Zero W, and am seeking an app (or script) which would ask me a few questions and write a correctly configured distro to micro SD card for ...
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Change Detection
I am currently using TDI Console Works for baseline and configuration change detection, and it is, unfortunately, rather expensive software. I was hoping someone might be able to recommend an ...
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Looking for a management tool for multiple raspberry pi's
I'm planning on using an increasing number of Raspberry Pi's to perform simple tasks around the house; especially the RPi Zero W seems to be great for my purposes. I'm planning on using Raspbian on ...
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XML long config problem and better way to handle them
I'm employee in IT company the offers a solution for many customers, there are about 100 sites build on the top of our product code and all of them are hosted in the company DC.
The thing is we have ...
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Tool to help deploy Java Servlet web app server software in a customer environment?
I am using Ansible currently to deploy a web application. Reading up on Ansible it seems like this is not what Ansible was designed for. Is there another type of tool that should be used for something ...
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Is there a good Terraform provider for provisioning VMs on KVM/QEMU
I am currently using virt-install to create new VMs on KVM/QEMU and then using Terraform to configure software on them. I want to combine these steps and use a Terraform provider to automate VM ...
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Configuring Android phones from PC
I am looking for a pc app that allows me to configure 5-10 android phones to have the same wifi settings, apps etc.
Is there such app available?
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Tool for QA Test Environment (VMs) Management?
I want to automate Test machine maintenance work like - software installation/upgrade, OS update installation etc. Instead of writing custom scripts or manually managing each Test Machine, I would ...
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Web-based network configuration control panel for Linux hosts
I need a solution where I can configure a host network settings from a web frontend.
Ideally, it should be able to analyze and overwrite /etc/network/interfaces.
Yes, I know it can lead to troubles ...
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Version control of linux configuration: /etc and installed packages
I search a software to track the changes made to linux server configuration.
Goal
If there is something wrong with the server I want to see the last configuration changes.
Needed features
Keep /...
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Free/ Open Source/ Cheap: Lean & light way to Backup & Restore few INI/ CFG files?
I do not intend to run major backup processes for lot of heavy files here so need something super light & lean that can run in background without much memory or CPU cycles.
I'd like for it to ...
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Transactional package manager (software/configuration installer/upgrader)
At the company I work for, we're designing a provisioning system especially suited for the thousands of devices that we need to be able to safely deploy applications and configurations on, most of ...
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What Configuration Management tools are available that doesn't use Linux?
I have started working in a project that uses Windows tech stack exclusively (ASP.NET, Windows Servers, C#, Hyper-V, TFS, TeamCity, etc.)
I need to implement Configuration Management. Usually I would ...
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Windows XP alternatives to Wireless Zero Configuration
The manufacturer built-in wireless configuration tool on my laptop absolutely stinks: no priority support and it switches between networks like crazy.
I've been using Windows' Wireless Zero ...
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Software to track and enforce a specific configuration for various settings in Windows
I have for a long time had my Windows update setting (located in Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Windows Update\Change settings) set to "Check for updates but let me choose whether to download ...
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Customizeable solution base for "configurator" based on a defineable items catalog?
I am looking for an open-source framework, or product, or customizeable app, that allows me to
define items
manage (create/edit/copy/delete/import/export/version-control) those items
define and ...
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GUI to Postfix configuration
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I'm looking for a front-end/GUI to Postfix's postconf, which makes it easier to investigate/adjust settings in main.cf and master.cf. Main goal is to get a better overview over settings ...
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Tool to capture all config changes
I'm looking to find a tool which can gather configuration information about our systems including the info below:
Config Files (e.g. based on a list of filenames / heuristics)
Config Tables from ...
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Linux configuration automated integrity checking and versionning
I'm looking for a tool like tripwire on Linux.
Tripwire allow to designate folder you want to monitor and the program alert you when a change is made to a file.
What I want is to identify which file ...
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Configuration Management Service
Im looking for a tool that will allow my company to manage configuration and user preferences for both our server and desktop applications.
We have a mix of Java, C# and Node applications, with ...
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How to package an OSGI application with multiple configurations?
I have a large Java application that somes in several OSGI bundles.
It also includes plugins.
I want to create multiple distributions of the application with different selections each time. In some ...
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Looking for low footprint library for retrieving config values (typically key-value pairs) from PostgreSQL in Python 3.4 code
I am reviewing ways to configure a suit of Python scripts on a server side system. I am currently using JSON to configure the Python scripts. The configuration files say things like how many threads ...
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Web based configuration SW - using JSON-RPC
Looking for an web-based "configuration" software. The idea/hopes how it should works (with some fictional examples) :
The browser send to the server a request for configuration, e.g. sends GET /...
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Speakers remapping for 7.1 or other systems, Windows and/or Linux
I'm currently trying to set up a custom 7.1 (almost that, it's only a 6.1) sound system, mixing different speakers connected to my mother board which is supposed to manage any normal 7.1 system.
Now ...
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where do I find a tool for configuration management?
I am looking real hard for a simple tool that could really help a lot.
I am looking for an online tool, but a installable software is also an option.
This tool should
edit a yaml by "dumb" users who ...
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Dotfile Management Tool, for controlling which dotfiles at work vs at home
I have several different environments I work in, and several different sets of dot-files I use in each.
Use-Case
Consider the example (simplified scenario).
I have 3 environments:
work-desktop
work-...
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