[06:50] <lordievader> Good morning
[10:45] <Neo4> I need a list of needed apps for frash ubuntu installation
[10:46] <Neo4> I'm going to reinstall ubuntu and next time don't want to do installation manually.
[10:47] <Neo4> installation over ubuntu software takes long time, it's not efficient :)
[10:47] <Neo4> much better over shell script
[10:58] <Neo4> I did this script and reinstall ubuntu, want to remove dualap and put home to separated disk ,now it together with OS
[10:59] <RoyK> dpkg --get-selections > pkglist.txt
[10:59] <RoyK> then dpkg --set-selections < pkglist.txt on the new machine
[11:00] <RoyK> then apt-get install -f # IIRC
[11:00] <RoyK> obviously you'll have to store the file somewhere safe during reinstallation
[11:02] <Neo4> and need put to .vimrc and .bashrc your own settings too
[11:02] <Neo4> this automatization has many details
[11:02] <RoyK> Neo4: better use ansible
[11:03] <RoyK> then you have it for later too
[11:03] <Neo4> RoyK: no, this is easy echo "needed setting" tee -a $HOME/.vimrc
[11:03] <RoyK> it's easier to use ansible with "blockinfile" to do that stuff
[11:03] <RoyK> or lineinfile
[11:04] <RoyK> ansible is really neat
[11:04] <RoyK> I've used to roll out some 20 raspberry pi machines as infoscreens
[11:04] <Neo4> RoyK: I will have two separated scripts one for desktop, desktop_install and one for vps vps_install? or might better put all in one? This will bloated menu
[11:20] <lordievader> Or use puppet, or some other automation tool. Anything is better than a bunch of scripts.
[12:47] <RoyK> lordievader: not to start a holy war, but I prefer ansible :)
[12:48] <lordievader> Never tried ansible. puppet+foreman works here.
[12:52] <blackflow> SaltStack ftw! ;)
[12:53] <blackflow> The attraction of ansible is that it's very simple, no need to install nodes/minions/clients, works over ssh and is simplistic enough even for managing a single host with some declarative config.
[12:57] <RoyK> that's probably why I like ansible ;)
[13:00] <ikonia> it struggles with windows though
[13:00] <ikonia> winrm....wow
[13:01] <ikonia> blackflow: do you have a large saltstack deployment estate ?
[13:01] <ikonia> I'm yet to really get experience on a large scale salt deployment so I"m a bit on the fence about it
[13:01] <blackflow> ikonia: nah, a dozen or so servers.
[13:02] <ikonia> yeah, I'd like to see the "few hundred" scale minimum
[13:02] <blackflow> ikonia: but eh, the only reason we're using saltstack and not ansible, is the "reactor" functionality, where nodes can trigger events on other nodes.
[13:02] <ikonia> blackflow: thats one of the things I'd like to see at scale for dynamic cloud type operations
[13:02] <blackflow> otherwise for such a small deployment we'd probably have stayed on ansible.
[13:03] <blackflow> ikonia: from what I've read and heard, it scales well.
[13:03] <ikonia> hands on understanding though is priceless
[13:03] <blackflow> oh definitely.
[16:31] <sonu_nk> hi i am facing this issue on linode "Network Helper did not run: could not determine distribution or distribution version   " suddenly all stopped...
[16:58] <ikonia> sonu_nk: what distro are you running ?
[17:07] <sonu_nk> centos 7
[17:07] <ikonia> sonu_nk: then why are you asking in an ubuntu channel
[17:08] <sonu_nk> i am asking if anyone knows this error "Network Helper did not run: could not determine distribution or distribution version"
[17:08] <ikonia> this channel supports ubuntu
[17:08] <ikonia> not centos problems