| ChinnoDog | And what does ijthan use for configuration management? | 00:35 |
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| jthan | It's iProprietary :-) | 00:44 |
| jthan | ChinnoDog: but, my beef with Chef is the same as my beef with Ansible or Puppet. People are using them for weird one off things | 00:44 |
| jthan | e.g. if you install gitlab, there's a command "gitlab-ctl reconfigure" | 00:45 |
| jthan | and really all that does is call chef to change some files and stuff and restarts a service | 00:45 |
| jthan | why does Chef have to do that? | 00:45 |
| jthan | Why add the bloat? | 00:45 |
| ChinnoDog | Misusing the tool isn't Chef's fault | 00:45 |
| jthan | Yeah, but I think your original statement is misuse | 00:46 |
| jthan | lol | 00:46 |
| jthan | It's a one-off thing. Just dist-upgrade :-p | 00:46 |
| jthan | if you had to configure 20 $chinnoCompy.. fine. | 00:47 |
| jthan | but 1??! | 00:47 |
| ChinnoDog | Using chef to provision a workstation isn't misuse. I can't dist-upgrade. I made a mess on here that will probably cause the upgrade to blow up. | 00:47 |
| ChinnoDog | 1 for now. Another if this one breaks. | 00:47 |
| ChinnoDog | Another if I use a different computer elsewhere | 00:48 |
| jthan | but what settings are you going to configure? | 00:48 |
| jthan | You're going to spend more time writing a cookbook than you are doing it by hand. | 00:49 |
| ChinnoDog | If it is only for one install then I agree. It is also my recovery plan if I need to start over though. e.g. laptop falls and breaks into a bazillion pieces and I need a new laptop asap. | 00:55 |
| ChinnoDog | I used to keep installation scripts for my Windows boxes too. | 00:55 |
| jthan | Hrm. I usually enjoy the idea of starting fresh when the opportunity presents itself. | 00:56 |
| icey | ahoy | 11:54 |
| teddy-dbear | o/ | 12:35 |
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