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I would like to have a mechanism to set up a server automagically…

Similarly I would like to set up my user account settings (Tmux plugins, .zshrc and vim settings, etc) that I can replicate in multiple machines via a script (I have a custom script for this but I want a more solid alternative)

Thoughts on what infra-as-code solution would work best? Any similar experiences or use cases with one Thanks!
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[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What I mean is that repeatability can be achieved in other, simpler ways. Like a package for example.

I feel like as technologies, ansible and docker have been spread beyond their relevant scope of usefulness. But maybe that's me.

I feel like ansible is a complex way of doing simple things.

[–] taladar 2 points 8 months ago

Packages seem like a very convoluted way to achieve something like setting a host name or configuring the DNS server a system uses or the packages that are installed or which virtual hosts a web server serves and which certificates it uses to do so.