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glump

[1]

Pro

  • Uses apache/mod_python so we have full range of authentication/access including
  • Does one thing: serves up customized configuration files
  • Implemented in python
  • Upstream maintainer is closely associated with Fedora (SethVidal)

Con

  • Would have to write custom scripts to perform many of the tasks that the other solutions offer

cfengine

[2]

Pro

  • Already packaged in Extras

Con

  • Cryptic configuration language

bcfg2

[3]

Pro

  • Implemented in Python
  • Uses SSL to encrypt XML-RPC communication
  • Configuation files are in XML

Con

  • Uses a simple shared secret to authenticate clients
  • Not currently in Extras [4]
  • Currently uses a license similar to BSD with the attribiution clause, although there is support upstream for swicthing to a different license.

puppet

[5]

Pro

  • Uses SSL to encrypt communication
  • Uses X.509 certificates to authenticate clients
  • Already packaged in Extras

Con

  • Implemented in Ruby (which makes it difficult for Fedora infrastructure people to hack on it since few know Ruby)
  • Must learn new domain-specific language to configure.