Re: yum installation management.

[Jackie Meese <jackie m vt edu>]

On May 5, 2004, at 2:30 PM, Ajay Sharma wrote:
> Brian Hirt wrote:
> > I spent some time whipping up a little system that is similar to RHN. 
> >   The administration is from a web page where you can  view which 
> > components on your servers are out of date and request that the 
> > remotely administered systems update certain packages.
>
> I liked logging into a webpage and updating a dozen servers too. 
> Logging into each box is a pain...  Maybe you can hook up with the 
> NRH-up2date project:
>
> http://www.nrh-up2date.org/

My preference for command line and instant, admin run commands on 
multiple machine has led me to find mrsh a useful tool.  It's tasty 
when combined with yum (or up2date-nox).
http://www.unicom.com/sw/mrsh/

It's not been updated in years, but it's a simple and elegant shell 
script, so it doesn't really need to be.  I recommend ssh and aliases.  
My favorite alias:
$73mrsh -- yum install package
will install the package "package" to all machines listed in the 
"73mrsh" command alias.
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