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Summary:

• Ansible is a devops tool that is a powerful replacement for PowerShell
• RunDeck as a graphical interface is handy
• Some people run RunDeck+Ansible together

Nowadays, after RedHat bought it, tower has also the open source version know as AWX.

Summary

• Ansible is a DevOps tool that is a powerful replacement for PowerShell
• RunDeck as a graphical interface is handy
• Some people run RunDeck+Ansible together

clusterssh

Ansible

Nowadays, after RedHat bought it, tower has also the open source version known as AWX.

Rundeck

• Ansible is a devops tool that is a powerful replacement to PowerShell
• RunDeck as a graphical interface is handy
• Some people run RunDeck+Ansible together

However, to start using Ansible you need a simple installation and to setup the clients list text file. Afterwards, to run a command in all servers, it is as simple as doing:

While Ansible is a free open source framework, it also has a paid web panel interface, Ansible Tower although the licensing is rather expensive.

Yet again, for a remote framework easier to use, but not so potent as Ansible, I do recommend Rundeck. It is a very powerful multi-user/login graphical interface where you can automate much of your common day-to-day tasks, and even give watered down views to sysops or helpdesk people.

When running the commands, it also gives you windows with the output broken down by server/task. It can run multiple jobs in the background seamlessly, and allows you to see the report and output later on.

Lastly, it you are talking about a central command server, I would create one just up for the task. Actually the technical term is a jump box. 'Jump boxes' improve security, if you set them up right.

• Ansible is a devops tool that is a powerful replacement for PowerShell
• RunDeck as a graphical interface is handy
• Some people run RunDeck+Ansible together

However, to start using Ansible you need a simple installation and to setup the clients list text file. 

Afterwards, to run a command in all servers, it is as simple as doing:

While Ansible is a free open source framework, it also has a paid web panel interface, Ansible Tower although the licensing is rather expensive.

Nowadays, after RedHat bought it, tower has also the open source version know as AWX.

Yet again, for a remote framework easier to use, but not so potent as Ansible, I do recommend Rundeck. 

It is a very powerful multi-user/login graphical interface where you can automate much of your common day-to-day tasks, and even give watered down views to sysops or helpdesk people.

When running the commands, it also gives you windows with the output broken down by server/task. 

It can run multiple jobs in the background seamlessly, and allows you to see the report and output later on.

Lastly, talking about a central command server, I would create one just up for the task. Actually the technical term is a jump box. 'Jump boxes' improve security, if you set them up right.

To send remote commands for several server, for a beginner, I would recommend clusterssh

As for a remote framework for multiple system administration, Ansible is a very interesting alternative to Puppet, as it is more lean, and it does not need dedicated remote agents as it works over SSH (it also has been bought by RedHat)

However, to start using Ansible you need a simple installation and to setup the client list text file. Afterwards, to run a command in all servers, it is as simple as doing:

For sending remote commands to several servers, for a beginner, I would recommend clusterssh

As for a remote framework for multiple systems administration, Ansible is a very interesting alternative to Puppet. It is more lean, and it does not need dedicated remote agents as it works over SSH (it also has been bought by RedHat)

However, to start using Ansible you need a simple installation and to setup the clients list text file. Afterwards, to run a command in all servers, it is as simple as doing: