Hi Andre, I would suggest using most of the ideas outlined in http://infrastructures.org/ - though the text on the website is a bit dated, you can manage a large infrastructure of 50K systems combining the conceptual framework laid out by Steve Traugott, with Debian tools and modern configuration tools (cfengine, puppet). Having said that, I am still deeply impressed by the simple approach of using makefiles that drives the originall version of IsConf.
An intriguing project that might be "the missing piece" is IsiSetup - http://www.isisetup.ch/ - but haven't had the time to review it or use it. If it does what it promises - integration with apt/dpkg to store config files of debian packages in a git repo to allow management of machine configuration as an extension of the apt/dpkg infrastrucuture, it could be a killer app. good luck! m -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]