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deprec 2.0 roadmap |
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# expectations/constraints |
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- all tasks should be re-runnable |
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- all install_ tasks should install required dependancies |
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- users should expect that standard cap commands will work |
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# interactive tools |
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deprec should make it easy to perform commonly use sysadmin tasks. |
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While automation brings great power it's still often quicker to |
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run 'semi automated' tasks that require some interactive input. |
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For example, adding a user account to a number of servers could be |
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made easier with a general purpose interactive recipe: |
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cap add_user |
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> username for new user? : fred |
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> password for new user? : ****** |
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> retype password : ****** |
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> user type for new user? |
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1. default |
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2. admin |
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?: 2 |
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creating... |
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server01 - created user 'fred' of type 'admin' |
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server02 - created user 'fred' of type 'admin' |
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server03 - created user 'fred' of type 'admin' |
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server04 - user 'fred' exists. Set type to 'admin' |
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* Note that the servers above were all servers mentioned in deploy.rb |
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for a project however there are many ways to get this list. |
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Plugin support for different distro's was too ambitious. I've tried other |
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distros and didn't like them much. I'm happy with Ubuntu at the moment and |
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# # plugin based support different distros, versions (and possibly OS's) |
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# While deprec was built to work with Ubuntu 6.06, some people have shown interest |
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# in using it with other distro's. I plan to move all of the Ubuntu specific code |
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# into a separate gem 'deprec_ubuntu' which deprec will load by default. This will |
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# mean anyone else can create and maintain plugins that allow the use of other linux |
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# distros (and perhaps other OS's). |
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# All platform dependent functions will be: |
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# - cap extensions, not tasks |
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# - plugins, not part of the deprec itself |
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# - loaded using gemplugins http://mongrel.rubyforge.org/gem_plugin_rdoc/index.html |
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# I'd like 'cap -T' to show the distros supported for each command when not arch independant. |
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# add lots more useful tasks |
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I'd like to extend deprec beyond just getting your rails app up and running. |
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Anything I need that takes some time to do right will go in. If you've got |
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something you want added then write it and let me know. |
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install and configure the following package groups: |
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- source control (svn, trac) |
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- mail (postfix, imap, mutt, mailx) |
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# don't rely on third party servers to be available when installing software |
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As I write, www.apache.org is serving at a crawling pace. I'd like to make it easy for |
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users to download and cache all required third party apps, gems, etc and have deprec |
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use these. |
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Currently you can drop the tarballs into /usr/local/src on the target server and |
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they'll get picked up automatically. I haven't looked at a simple way to cache the gems yet. |
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