RE: Debian in Server Farm

2004-04-01 Thread Michael Bellears
Pigeon wrote: > On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:24:36AM +1000, Michael Bellears wrote: >>> >>> [Michael, can you please leave in attribution lines, and perhaps fix >>> your mailer so that it supports References: or >>> In-Reply-To: headers to support other threading-aware mailers?] >> >> Lookout does

Re: Debian in Server Farm

2004-04-01 Thread Pigeon
On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:24:36AM +1000, Michael Bellears wrote: > > > > [Michael, can you please leave in attribution lines, and > > perhaps fix your mailer so that it supports References: or > > In-Reply-To: headers to support other threading-aware mailers?] > > Lookout does not appear to ha

RE: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-31 Thread Michael Bellears
> > [Michael, can you please leave in attribution lines, and > perhaps fix your mailer so that it supports References: or > In-Reply-To: headers to support other threading-aware mailers?] Lookout does not appear to have this feature - I'm sure I have seen an add-on though... MB

RE: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-31 Thread Michael Bellears
> > The recommended install (Life with qmail) has qmail logging > through multilog (part of the daemontools package), but yes, > it can log through syslog. > Came across this if anyones interested: The following describes how to log to remote host using multilog and tcpclient http://smarden.o

Re: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-31 Thread Adam Aube
Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder wrote: > qmail can log to syslog, can't it? I'm sure it did on the machines where I > saw it. The recommended install (Life with qmail) has qmail logging through multilog (part of the daemontools package), but yes, it can log through syslog. Adam -- To UNS

Re: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-31 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
[Michael, can you please leave in attribution lines, and perhaps fix your mailer so that it supports References: or In-Reply-To: headers to support other threading-aware mailers?] On Wednesday 31 March 2004 01.14, Michael Bellears wrote: > Steve: > > I don't have a lot of experience with this b

RE: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-30 Thread Michael Bellears
> > Not sure about "recommended", but cfengine is pretty good. > You can go a long way with CVS + cvsup, too, but I think the > best solution is to put configs in CVS/subversion, and use > cfengine to handle deploying new versions of configs. Like that suggestion a lot! - Thanks. > > 3. Ima

RE: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-30 Thread Michael Bellears
> > 1. What is the recommended method to synch config files on > all "real" > > servers (Eg. Httpd.conf, horde/imp config files etc?) - > Have only one > > server that admins connect to for mods, then rsync any > changes to the > > other servers? > > I asked a similar question a few months ag

RE: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-30 Thread Michael Bellears
>Another way is to set up a cvs or > subversion repository and use this to distribute the config > file. Has the additional bonus of being able to trace back > how the config file was changed. Like it! Couple of other responses also suggested cfengine (And combining cvs with cfengine) - So I'l

Re: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-30 Thread Mark Ferlatte
Michael Bellears said on Tue, Mar 30, 2004 at 03:04:58PM +1000: > 1. What is the recommended method to synch config files on all "real" > servers (Eg. Httpd.conf, horde/imp config files etc?) - Have only one > server that admins connect to for mods, then rsync any changes to the > other servers?

Re: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-30 Thread Steve Witt
On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Michael Bellears wrote: > We are in the process of migrating an overburdened Debian > 3.0/Apache/qmail box into a webfarm setup. > > Looking at using a ServerIronXL for loadbalancing. > > Would appreciate anyone's experiences/recommendations on the following > points: > > 1. W

Re: Debian in Server Farm

2004-03-30 Thread Adrian 'Dagurashibanipal' von Bidder
On Tuesday 30 March 2004 07.04, Michael Bellears wrote: > Would appreciate anyone's experiences/recommendations on the > following points: > > 1. What is the recommended method to synch config files on all "real" > servers (Eg. Httpd.conf, horde/imp config files etc?) - Have only one > server that