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Secure parallel execution tools (was: Unattended linux updates)
From: pauldotcom at f.copacetic.net (Steve Bernacki)
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2009 08:31:58 -0400
We currently use cfengine for configuration management, but I've been looking for other tools to assist with ad-hoc parallel execution tasks across multiple systems. Someone mentioned "func" in the unattended linux updates thread, which I've looked at before. However, it essentially opens up yet another remote execution vector that I'd need to audit and justify separately from SSH and cfengine, which is something I'd like to avoid. Since we already have SSH keys deployed on these systems, I'd like to take advantage of the tools we already have in place. My research has turned up three options that sound interesting, and I'm curious if anyone has had any experience (good or bad) with these tools, or others like them: - Rgang http://fermitools.fnal.gov/abstracts/rgang/abstract.html - Rshall http://www.occam.com/tools/ - Tentakel http://tentakel.biskalar.de/ All three of these tools utilize SSH and support parallel command execution. I'm sure there are more out there as well. Any comments or insight would be appreciated. Best regards, Steve -- On August 1st and 2nd, I will be bicycling 192 miles to support the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Learn more about the ride and please consider sponsoring me; visit http://sponsorsteve.com for more details!
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