[wpkg-users] WPKG vs OCS

[Paul Griffith]

Hi Jon,


   I am looking forward to hear your initial impressions.   I have been 
think about adding
OCS to my mix for inventory management.

Paul

On 03/09/2015 05:18 PM, Jon Goldberg wrote:
> Agreed.  I use OCS for inventory management, but use WPKG for package
> management.  The packaging process seemed needlessly complex with OCS.
>
> That said, we're currently exploring Puppet as a replacement for WPKG,
> with PuppetDB taking the place of OCS.  This is largely to have better
> support for clients who aren't connected to a central server (e.g.
> remote laptop users), to have built-in support for certificate-based
> authentication, and to link with our wider Puppet-based architecture for
> servers.
>
> We have the basic functionality in place, with a couple of packages
> installing via Puppet.  Hopefully in a few weeks we can share some
> initial impressions.
>
> Jon
>
> Jon Goldberg, Palante Technology Cooperative
> jon at palantetech.coop
> Cell (preferred): 347-829-4566
> Phone: 888-481-3655 x101
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>
> On 03/09/2015 04:09 PM, Carlos R. Pasqualini wrote:
>> El lun, 09-03-2015 a las 15:48 +0100, Cedric Frayssinet escribió:
>>> Hi !
>>>
>>> Some people on our organization plan to deploy softwares with OCS. We
>>> already use WPKG and we are happy with it.
>>>
>>> Do you have some comparative studies between this 2 softwares ?
>>>
>>> Thanks a lot !
>>>
>>> Cedric
>>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I don't think the subject need to be 'Vs.', i prefer to say 'coupled
>> with..'
>>
>> I had deployed OCS using WPKG, but never deployed a script or package
>> trough OCS yet. As i can see in the docs i can use OCS for things that
>> WPKG can't, like run a script or program on a target host which is
>> already running and not to wait for the next reboot or a scheduled task
>> of WPKG; indeed y can execute wpkg from OCS.
>>
>> Both coupled it's far better than one or the other, i think
>>
>>
>> Best Regards!
>>
>> Charly
>>
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