Remote management of linux devices

[John Pearson]

I manage a fleet of linux devices and I need a way to send telemtry
data(CPU, memory, drives, etc.)  from devices to a centralized server and
also send commands(linux service restarts for example) from server to
devices to execute on the device. I understand Cockpit works great for
this.

What I need help with: The 15 different linux devices are bare metal boxes
in 15 different locations access to WAN with a dynamic IP address. Would
Cockpit work for this? In a year the number of devices could jump to 100 so
I'm looking for suggestions on best to manage.

Thanks.

[Stef Walter]

On 03.02.2018 02:37, John Pearson wrote:
> I manage a fleet of linux devices and I need a way to send telemtry
> data(CPU, memory, drives, etc.)  from devices to a centralized server
> and also send commands(linux service restarts for example) from server
> to devices to execute on the device. I understand Cockpit works great
> for this.

Cockpit would be a great way to put together a UI for data gathered, but
doesn't gather the data itself.

I'd suggest a centralized server like Prometheus.

For running commands across machines, I'd suggest Ansible as the first
tool you evaluate.

Cheers,

Stef
> What I need help with: The 15 different linux devices are bare metal
> boxes in 15 different locations access to WAN with a dynamic IP address.
> Would Cockpit work for this? In a year the number of devices could jump
> to 100 so I'm looking for suggestions on best to manage.
>
> Thanks.
>
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[John Pearson]

Thank you. I will check out Prometheus and Ansible.

On Fri, Feb 2, 2018 at 10:13 PM, Stef Walter  wrote:
> On 03.02.2018 02:37, John Pearson wrote:
> > I manage a fleet of linux devices and I need a way to send telemtry
> > data(CPU, memory, drives, etc.)  from devices to a centralized server
> > and also send commands(linux service restarts for example) from server
> > to devices to execute on the device. I understand Cockpit works great
> > for this.
>
> Cockpit would be a great way to put together a UI for data gathered, but
> doesn't gather the data itself.
>
> I'd suggest a centralized server like Prometheus.
>
> For running commands across machines, I'd suggest Ansible as the first
> tool you evaluate.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Stef
> > What I need help with: The 15 different linux devices are bare metal
> > boxes in 15 different locations access to WAN with a dynamic IP address.
> > Would Cockpit work for this? In a year the number of devices could jump
> > to 100 so I'm looking for suggestions on best to manage.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
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> > To unsubscribe send an email to cockpit-devel-leave@lists.
>
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> >

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

swalter wrote:
> [...]
> > I manage a fleet of linux devices and I need a way to send telemtry
> > data(CPU, memory, drives, etc.)  from devices to a centralized server [...]
>
> [...]
> I'd suggest a centralized server like Prometheus.

... and/or PCP (performance co-pilot).

- FChE