managing servers...

[Bryan Hepworth]

> hi..
>
> i'm trying to get my hands around the issue of managing servers. in
> particular, i'm trying to get a better understanding of how people manage
> their servers when it comes to installing/upgrading apps.
>
> i imagine most people simply do the install via rpm/yum/apt-get.. however,
> if you really want to manage multiple servers, you need some way of 
> knowing
> that what you're doing want screw up something else on the server. you 
> also
> need some way of managing the software assets on the different 
> boxes/etc...
>
> so, assuming you have multiple servers, how do you deal with these issues?
>
> thanks
>
> -bruce

I run everything through a dedicated test server beforehand. Might be a 
pain, but you get as many goes as you like before commiting on a production 
server. I'm all for an easy life and it has worked well on this basis for 
me.

Bry