| title | description | author | created | modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
SMX |
Systems management program for UNIX/Linux including user/group, disk, general systems management and server management |
Darius Anderson |
2010 Jul 10 |
2011 Jul 7 |
SMX is a general systems administration program for UNIX/Linux/*NIX based systems for user/group, disk, general systems management and server management. Including Apache, MySQL, Samba, DHCP, DNS, MS Active Directory intergration, etc.
It uses a unique OS detection script that allows the program to guess which version or distrobution of Linux it is running on using various files incling /proc/version and /etc/redhat-version, it currently support all major distrobutions of Linux including: all red hat versions, all debian versions, all ubuntu versions, and all SuSE versions, and OS X, with support for knoppix, arch, gentoo and BSD support planned in the near future
Comparison between webmin, chef, cfengine, puppet, spacewalk, and SCCM (System Center Configuration Manager), and SMX, pros and cons of all programs
An open-source configuration program written in Ruby using pure-Ruby, domain-specific language (DSL) for writing system configuation scripts, also known as "recipes" that describe how server applications such as Apache, MySQL or Hadoop are to be configured
Pros - Chef does support a wide range of systems including AT&T UNIX, Linux, BSD and Microsoft Windows relitivly easy to setup and use ether in a stand alone configuration or in a client/server configuration
Cons - Since Chef is written in Ruby and uses DSL (Domain-Specific Language) for writing its configutation scripts - it almost requires you to know Ruby, the documentation for it is terrible it expects you to know Chef before using it and the examples try and do everything at once
Supports a wide range of systems from AT&T UNIX, Linux and Windows Uses Ruby and domain-specific language to create configutation scripts Works best in client/server mode Configration engine for chef requires you to know chef before you use it
Supports all major Linux versions, and OS X Written entirely in Bash, easy to learn and extend the program Works in standalone and can be used to manage a remote system Written in portable language and uses non-specific software and uses $(which ) to get program path
An open-source configutation manager which is web based and command line based, to provide automated configuration of large-scale systems such as servers, desktops, imbedded networked devices, and like chef, it too uses configuation scripts to configure how a user were to configure a server or program in its own language, even though, it is very well written, better than chef, and supports a wide range of systems from UNIX and Linux to Windows and in v2 features options for machine learning
Pros - Very well written and designed for a whole slew of systems ranging from small embedded networked devices to corporate servers and desktops offers a web-based interface as a subsutute for the command-line client and has support for machine learning, which no other program (except those created for IBM's Watson) has support for
Cons - It does require some expert knoledge about the OS that CFEngine is being installed on and also with the web-based management console, since its web-based it will suffer from all other web-based programs such as invalid or self-signed SSL certificates, insecure login management, etc
Largly web-based, could suffer from self-signed SSL certs and may cause firewall problems Like Chef, it uses self-made configuration scripts to perform its tasks Configuration language has been described as a "programming language without resonable syntax" Is battle-tested against the most hostile of environments, the college campus network, with users up to 50,000 or mor Does not play well with file integrity checkers such as tripwire
Strictly command-line based, allowing only root user access using id -g (will be switching to sudo -v in the future) Written completely in Bash script, a language that sysadmins allready know and as such, its a language that is easy to work in
An open-source configuration manager for Linux/UNIX and Windows-based systems written in Ruby and, like chef, it uses a Ruby DSL to create its configuration scripts, as such it is system-specific and works in a client/server configuration, and requires connection to a main server, also known as the "puppet master"
Pros - Very well written used by many Fortune-500 companies such as Mozilla, CERN, Dell, Oracle, Intel and Google to name a few uses a Ruby DSL to create its configration scripts and as such it is a high-level, system-specific language, that allows configuration for multiple systems without having to put in OS specific commands such as rpm, yum and apt
Cons - Like chef, it uses a Ruby DSL to create its configutation scripts, so it almost requires you to know Ruby before you use it it requires works in a client/server environment and requires connection to a main server, known as a "puppet master" and if that server goes down you can't configure your systems
like chef, it uses Ruby DSL to create its configuration scripts, requires knoledge of Ruby
No need for OS specific commands such as rpm, yum and apt
Requies connection to main server, known as a "puppet master" if this server goes down, system
conifguatation is impossible
Written purly in Bash, a language that is easy to learn and expand, a language that systadmins know Uses unique OS detection script to "guess" which OS or distrobution to use Does not require connection to master server, as each client works independantly of one another
An open-source systems management program developed by Red Hat that has a web-based interface and a backend to work with Red Hat satellite and Red Hat Proxy server to work with RHEL, Solaris, Fedora, CentOS, SuSE and Debian based systems, but requires a Red Hat network account which can cost upwards of £2,000 and, like puppet, it requires a cental server to communicate with, and since its web based, like CFEngine it may suffer from invalid or self-signed SSL certificates or may require ports to be open in a firewall which can cause problems for sysadmins to justify opening said ports
Pros - Great support for RHEL-based, Debian-based, Ubuntu-based and SuSE-based systems and support for Solaris
Cons - Can't perform tasks such as user admin, disk admin, etc. really is just patch management software that can push out OS updates to registered systems no support for OS X, requires connection to main spacewalk server, and like other web-based system management programs, it may suffer from self-signed SSL certificates
Requries subscription to Red Hat Network Requries connection to central spacewalk server, if that system goes down, system config impossible Doesn't perform tasks such as user, disk and other standard sysadmin tasks, is really patch management software
Fully open-source, requires no licence, exept GPLv2 Does not require Internet connection or connection to master server, works independantly of each other Performs all user/group, disk and other sysadmin tasks such as server management
Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager is a systems management software platform for Windows, Linux, OS X and UNIX-based systems as well as mobile OS's such as Android, iOS and Windows Phone, it provides patch management, remote control, software distrobution, OS deployment and network access protection requires a 64Bit system running Windows server to run the sccm server, it best works in Windows-only envronments working with Active Directory, can't perform tasks that other systems configuration managers can perform such as user/group management, disk management, etc
Pros - Great support for Windows, working with Active Directory and other Microsoft clients, performing OS deployment, patch management, and software distrobution
Cons - Requries Windows server to use as sccm main server, can work with non-windows clients (Linux, UNIX and the like) but "preferes" to work with Windows clients not very poweful - as it only uses a GUI to perform tasks and as typical with Microsoft it uses the proprietary model so users can't change the product to suit their needs
Requries Windows server to run management console Can't perform task that other systems management programs can Follows proprietary software model
Can be run on any varient of Linux, requres no centeral server Can perform all user/group, disk and systems/server management tasks Fully open source, requring acceptance of GPLv2 licence
A web-based system configuration tool for UNIX and Linux systems, used to configure OS internals such as users, disks, services or configuration files, build around modules, so it is easy to add new functonality, it also allows multiple systems to be controled through one interface, however, since its web based, it suffers from self-signed SSL certificates and does not use SSL by default, requires the install of the Perl SSL package to use SSL
Pros - Very well written, concidering that it can modify system internals from the web-based interface, expandable because of its module-type setup
Cons - Not very powerfull because it is web-based, does not use SSL by default, requires Perl SSL package to be installed, suffers from self-signed SSL certificates
Web-based allowing modification of system internals, from user and group modifications, to server administration Suffers from self-signed SSL certificates and does not use SSL by default - requires Perl SSL package Can't install packages or install servers, requires to have servers allready installed Program relyes on set paths for programs, can't use some modules because the program, even if it exists, webmin can't find it
Can install packages for Linux and does not requies servers to be installed, as the program will install the program and configure it Program uses $(which ) to get program path More powerfull because of it being command-line based
An open-source systems management program, working with Linux and UNIX based systems using an OS detection script to "guess" which version of Linux the system is running and run OS specific commands for that system, can perform multple tasks such as user/group management, disk management, general server management, including server management for Apache, MySQL, Samba, DNS, DHCP, etc
Pros - Easy to learn, use, and extend, witten in Bash, a language that sysadmins allready know and work with, can perform tasks such as user/group modifications, disk administration, general system administration, and server administration for Apache, MySQL, Samba, DNS, DHCP, etc
Cons - Not fully supported by every linux distrobution (knoppix, arch, gentoo and BSD) but will in a future release
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