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Configuration Management refers to establishing and maintaining standardized system configurations within an organization. This tag encompasses the process of defining the configuration profiles, and the software used to manage and deploy it.

Configuration Management refers to establishing and maintaining standardized system configurations within an organization.

This tag encompasses the process of defining the configuration profiles, and the software used to manage and deploy it, such as , , and .

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Why on EARTH is my windows 2003 Altiris server rebooting itself, once a day?

I mean, it's being awfully nice about it and all. Each and every time it seems like it's a graceful shutdown. Windows 2003 R2 server. (SP2) HP Proliant DL380 G4. (BIOS current as of 2007.) Xeon dual-core proc (3.2 G) 4 GB RAM. Running: * Altiris NS…
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Is there a tool to check GPOs like MBSA?

I'd like to provide some background before I pose my question so please, bear with me. I have come across Microsoft's Security Compliance Manager. It's rather new to me and as I understand so far, one can download EC (enterprise) or SSLF…
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distributing config over a windows domain

I have a Windows C++ application, that's run on lots of machines within the same Windows 2008 domain. I'm also the (not very good) domain administrator. What I'd like to do, is somehow distribute global config for the application, across the domain.…
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Remote Control for windows 7 machines

In the past (with windows XP) we have used the Altiris Deployment Console 6.9 SP3 to remote control our users machines. Since windows 7 has been released and deployed the remote control no longer works on windows 7. Symantec are not going to support…
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HP Rapid Deployment - Change Data Store Path

I am running HP Rapid Deployment (Altiris eXpress Deployment Server 6.9 - Build 164) on an inherited Windows Server 2003 SP2. I need to change the Data Store Path as the default is pointing to the C: drive and there is not enough space there. I…
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Ways for managing the installation and configuration of various software applications and settings in linux?

What are some ways for managing the installation and configuration of various software applications and settings in group of linux development and server computers? Is a set of basic scripts a good means of attack? I was thinking about just having a…
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ubuntu: server management GUI tools like ebox?

i wonder if there are some GUI management tools for ubuntu to be used to manage all server tasks. eg. installing server applications, managing them, editing their conf files and so on. i saw ebox and i thought it was something i need.
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How do you organize system configuration files for cfengine3?

Where do you like to put system configuration files (not the cfengine language) for cfengine to copy into place?
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"/etc/nginx/nginx.conf is meant to be read-only" when editing with nano after upgrading Ubuntu 20.04 to Ubuntu 22.04

I am recently upgraded Ubuntu Server 20.04 to Ubuntu Server 22.04. It is a LEMP server running the latest Mainline version of Nginx. After the upgrade, when I try modifying the /etc/nginx/nginx.conf file with nano editor, nano shows a warning in red…
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What's the intrinsic way to represent environments in Kong Konnect?

I've Googled many different combinations of terms to find out what concepts and features Kong Konnect expects sysadmins to use to represent different environments (e.g. staging, production) and tenants (e.g. US, Canada), to no avail. The only…
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Fedora Silverblue for managing developer workstations

I want to create a partially managed environment for developers. By "partially managed" I mean that the libraries and tools they need for our work will be pre-installed and managed centrally, but developers will still be able to install their own…
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Alternatives to ansible-pull

I have a number of systems that need configuration/updates, while being offline for long periods of time. They therefore need to contact a configuration system on boot, and in regular intervals and apply their updates in a pull fashion. I have some…
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ConfigMgr WebService API Calls

at the moment I try to connect my application via api with the ConfigMgr Webservice, but send my SOAP API request via curl I always get a 400 error. We are writting our own application to "talk" with the SCCM and because we cannot use PowerShell…
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How to use DNS to reference instances of a Server

I would like to use our internal DNS server for linking names from provisioning to final use. So I imagine it like this. A server comes into our network and gets a DHCP or a static address and then has a DNS entry with its hardware name, for example…
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Optional sysctl configuration parameters

I am working on some automation that sets linux kernel parameters using sysctl. Specifically I am creating a template that can be deployed to systems with a high amount of connections. The automation can be found here:…
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