Show HN: A configuration management system for minimal *Nix environments (opens in new tab)

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2 pointsjaxtracks1y ago1 comments

I built this thing to scratch my itch for a simpler alternative to Ansible and similar for basic jobs like setting up a dev env, building containers, and provisioning small fleets of servers.

Grateful for feedback on the approach! A couple of friends and I have found it useful for day-to-day automation tasks and I'm wondering if there's enough utility in its ability to target minimal environments like Alpine containers or IoT devices to warrant fleshing out a proper 1.0 release.

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theamk1y ago

If going for minimalism, why have any framework/runner at all? Use the raw bash scripts.

    if [ ! -f /tmp/foo ]; then $maybe_dryrun touch /tmp/foo; fi

There will be a bit of boilerplate, but it would be much easier to understand and debug.

(I'd say different things for a more complex system which can, for example, track the files created and show if any of them were unexpectedly modified. But your system does not seem to implement any of it, it's just a overcomplicated shell runner)

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