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 <swalter(a)redhat.com&gt; 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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>

[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