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Subject: Re: best configuration management tool for FreeBSD?
From: Michael Sierchio <kudzu@tenebras.com>
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On Tue, Apr 15, 2014 at 3:33 PM, Aleksandr Miroslav
<alexmiroslav@gmail.com>wrote:


> What is the best configuration management tool for FreeBSD? We make
> heavy use of installing things from ports, so any tool that
> understands how to install upgrade stuff from ports would be great.
>
>
Lots of people use Chef, lots of people use Puppet, lots of people use
CFEngine3, etc.

I tend to prefer those in the opposite order in which I've enumerated them.
 Some people use bcfg2, also, I might add ;-)

The best is the one you will actually use.

- M