Device management using Bcfg2 - Revision history

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2011-02-20T07:49:43Z

Getting Bcfg2 up and running

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Getting Bcfg2 up and running

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	== Getting Bcfg2 up and running ==		== Getting Bcfg2 up and running ==

	<font color="red">A word of warning</font>: Configuration management is complicated task. Learning Bcfg2 and the concepts behind it does take some time and effort. Do NOT by try to manage Maemo clients as your first Bcfg2 rehearsal. Instead, familiarize yourself with Bcfg2 first using "ordinary" computers as clients.		<font color="red">A word of warning</font>: Configuration management is complicated task. Learning Bcfg2 and the concepts behind it does take some time and effort. Do NOT try to manage Maemo clients as your first Bcfg2 rehearsal. Instead, familiarize yourself with Bcfg2 first using "ordinary" computers as clients.

	=== Problems with Bcfg2 in Maemo ===		=== Problems with Bcfg2 in Maemo ===

2011-02-20T07:47:41Z

2011-02-20T07:47:41Z

2010-12-29T11:31:42Z

Autogroup probe: copy script inline

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 === Autogroup probe ===
-Bcfg2 is able to automatically determine group memberships using probes. [http://wiki.maemo.org/Image:Autogroup.sh Here] is a sample probe code which recognizes Maemo devices among many other computers. Just put the code into a file at Probes directory, for example, <code>/var/lib/bcfg2/Probes/autogroup</code>
+Bcfg2 is able to automatically determine group memberships using probes. Aa sample probe code which recognizes Maemo devices among many other computers is shown below:
 At Bcfg2 web site is another [http://trac.mcs.anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/Plugins/Probes/examples/group example] of autogroup probe code. This code does not recognize Maemo but might do better work with some other platforms.

2010-05-12T10:10:56Z

Simple sample configuration

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Simple sample configuration

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	Edit file <code>/var/lib/bcfg2/Cfg/etc/simple/~~simple~~</code> to contain following:		Edit file <code>/var/lib/bcfg2/Cfg/etc/simple/info.xml</code> to contain following:

	<FileInfo>		<FileInfo>

2010-04-15T11:04:55Z

Scope and terminology

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Scope and terminology

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	\| Enterprise		\| Enterprise
	\| A large company ot other organization that wants employees to ba able to acces company IT systems using Maemo based devices		\| A large company or other organization that wants employees to ba able to acces company IT systems using Maemo based devices
	\|-		\|-
	\| Desktop computer		\| Desktop computer

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	*[http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20100222155850632/ConfigurationManagement.html 7 of the Best Free Linux Configuration Management Tools]		*[http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20100222155850632/ConfigurationManagement.html 7 of the Best Free Linux Configuration Management Tools]
	* [http://~~trac~~.~~mcs~~.~~anl.gov/projects/bcfg2/wiki/Bcfg2Doc~~ Bcfg2 documentation]		* [http://docs.bcfg2.org Bcfg2 documentation]

	== Device management? Why bother? ==		== Device management? Why bother? ==