[Linux-cluster] Configurations of services?

[Gordan Bobic]

Jakov Sosic wrote:
> On 10/30/2010 01:00 PM, Jakov Sosic wrote:
>> Hi!
>>
>> What is best practice for keeping and updating configurations of
>> services that someone runs in cluster? For example, if I run <apache>
>> via cluster agent, then I create /etc/cluster/httpd-<nameofservice> on
>> each node in the domain (cp -r /etc/httpd /etc/cluster/httpd-<name>; cd
>> /etc/cluster/httpd-<name>; rm -f logs run modules; ln -s .....).
>>
>> Now, Im puzzled how do you sync configurations between nodes? I do it
>> manually currently, but am seeking some automation of the process.
>>
>> I do not want to keep configurations of EACH service ona shared disks,
>> for some services I want to have configurations on each node available.
>>
>>
>> Any thoughts on this one?
> 
> 
> Well, let me say something then :) I'm thinking about starting a project
> - developing set of utilities that would work just like "ccs_tool update
> /etc/cluster/cluster.conf", but could update any config file in /etc/
> directory.
> 
> What do you think about this?

You may want to look at csync2 before you re-invent that particular 
wheel. :)

Gordan