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Old 03-26-2024, 10:06 AM   #1
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Hello,
Suppose you have a number of physical and virtual servers. You want to know which of these servers need to be updated or for which of them there is a problem. Which management tool do you use?

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Old 03-26-2024, 10:52 AM   #2
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Webmin, seems to have all I need.
 
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Old 03-26-2024, 01:47 PM   #3
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Yes. Webmin.
 
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Old 03-27-2024, 08:41 AM   #4
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Webmin, seems to have all I need.
Hello,
Thank you so much for your reply.
How about Ansible or Puppet?
 
Old 03-27-2024, 08:42 AM   #5
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Hello,
Thank you so much for your reply.
How about Ansible or Puppet?
i dont use them
 
Old 03-27-2024, 08:45 AM   #6
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i dont use them
Don't you think they are more advanced than Webmin?
 
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cant comment as i said I dont use them, webmin is fine and does what it says on the tin.
 
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Old 03-27-2024, 03:36 PM   #8
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cant comment as i said I dont use them, webmin is fine and does what it says on the tin.
Is Webmin suitable for beginners?
 
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Is Webmin suitable for beginners?
If you know the basics probably OK for doing simple stuff for setting up nfs shares etc.
Been a long while since I was a noob so dificult to judge.
 
Old 03-27-2024, 10:17 PM   #10
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For managing (updating) a large fleet Puppet or similar (chef, ansible) would work.

For checking Nagios or similar (zabbix etc).
 
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Is Webmin suitable for beginners?
No. But otherwise what do you mean by beginner? Obviously some knowledge is required to be able to use it, and also you need to learn the tool itself (not to speak about the [importance of] practice). It is valid for a hammer, a needle, a car or anything else.
 
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No. But otherwise what do you mean by beginner? Obviously some knowledge is required to be able to use it, and also you need to learn the tool itself (not to speak about the [importance of] practice). It is valid for a hammer, a needle, a car or anything else.
Hi,
Thank you so much for your reply.
I am not that much of a beginner.
 
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For managing (updating) a large fleet Puppet or similar (chef, ansible) would work.

For checking Nagios or similar (zabbix etc).
Hello,
Thank you so much for your reply.
Do you have experience working with Ansible, Puppet, Chef and Webmin? Which one offers better features?
 
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You're going to have to do your own research there.
They all have various features (not all the same ) and ofc they are constantly being improved.
You'll have to look at them and decide which one(s) suit your situation best...
 
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I'd suggest either cebmin or control pannel.
 
  


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