I would like to have a mechanism to set up a server automagically… - eviltoast

I would like to have a mechanism to set up a server automagically…

Similarly I would like to set up my user account settings (Tmux plugins, .zshrc and vim settings, etc) that I can replicate in multiple machines via a script (I have a custom script for this but I want a more solid alternative)

Thoughts on what infra-as-code solution would work best? Any similar experiences or use cases with one Thanks!
Cc @selfhost@lemmy.ml @selfhosted@lemmy.world

  • bouh@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    What I mean is that repeatability can be achieved in other, simpler ways. Like a package for example.

    I feel like as technologies, ansible and docker have been spread beyond their relevant scope of usefulness. But maybe that’s me.

    I feel like ansible is a complex way of doing simple things.

    • taladar@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 year ago

      Packages seem like a very convoluted way to achieve something like setting a host name or configuring the DNS server a system uses or the packages that are installed or which virtual hosts a web server serves and which certificates it uses to do so.