Required software for remote Linux distribution

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Published on 2010-03-25T18:47:58Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 18:53 UTC
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I'm managing Linux servers for my team. For each new instance, I install the following softwares:

  • etckeeper which keeps tracks of every changes in /etc
  • shorewall to have a simple setup for firewall
  • rsnapshot which keep incremental backup of important directories
  • cron-apt: which take charge of update of the system (or, in my case, send me an email to warn me about new updates)

But I was wondering if you administrators have any other wonderful tools for daily management. I'm not talking about remote management (like cfengine) but little tools which help to manage a small number of Linux servers.

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