Re: [webmin-l] Can I distribute configurations in an Enterprisedeployment of Webmin?

[Jamie C. <jca...@we...>]

On 9/Jan/2007 05:04 Johnson, Chad wrote ..
> We are considering an enterprise deployment of Webmin.  Currently
> version 1.310 is in evaluation.  Once of the things I do not see is the
> ability to configure a large number of Webmin servers centrally.  
> 
> For example, assume I have ~800 systems which will be managed.  From the
> central Webmin server I wish to make a change to the allowed IP
> addresses (Webmin Configuration->IP Access Control) on all client
> systems (the remaining 799 Webmin servers).  The only way I see to do
> that is by connecting to each server and making the, change that is not
> practical in a deployment of this size.  Cfengine could be used but
> there is a LONG process required to approve additional OS
> software/packages/tools and it would only add another item to be
> managed.  
> 
> It would seem that having the ability to manage Webmin 'client' systems
> from a central management server would be valuable.  Does this exist and
> I am just missing it or is it not there?

Webmin does have some capability to manage multiple systems from a single
console, using the modules under the Cluster category - however, this
cannot perform all possible configuration operations.

A better alternative would be to find the underlying Webmin config files
that contain the settings you want to change, and periodically rsync them
to other machines in the cluster. For example, /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
contains the allowed IP addresses. Or instead of rsync, you could use the
Cluster Copy Files module, which talks to other Webmin servers.

Let me know if you need any help identifying which config files contain
which settings in the UI.

 - Jamie