Dear Mark, >> ... >>> So, what I am looking for really is feedback on what people are using in >>> the wild on multiple machines, and bonus points for people who only use >>> tools and mechanisms already built into the CentOS [base] repo. >> >> We are using Spacewalk to manage /etc/sysconfig/iptables files. The >> files are version controlled with the integrated config management >> tool. As SW does not (yet) support depended command execution, we are >> using remote command execution through osad to reload iptables, >> afterwards. > <snip> > So, what version is Spacewalk up to? When I installed it this past spring, it > was version 0.4, and I upgraded to 0.5, which had just been released, the week > before my contract ended the end of April. > > *I* would *never* put something that was under 1.0 (actually, 1.0.1) into > production. 0.6 is quite okay, but we are using a standalone Oracle instead of XE. Besides that you can always buy a Satellite Server if you need a proven enterprise management system. We are using both products in our scenario. Best Regards Marcus