Linux 平台数据中心开源集中系统管理平台概览

记得我之前的一个blog抱怨linux平台上没有集中管理的方案 现在发现其实是我短视了。
wiki上有这篇文章非常好：列举了常见的集中管理平台。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open_source_configuration_management_software
一目了然， 接下来要研究一下这几个平台了

Basic properties

	Language	License	Mutual auth	Encrypts	First release	Latest stable release
Arusha Project (ARK)	Python	BSD [3]	Yes [1]	Yes [2]	2001-07-21	2005-04-19 20050419
Bcfg2	Python	BSD [4]	Yes [3]	Yes [4]	2004-08-11	2008-11-13 0.9.6 [5]
Cfengine	C	GPL, FAL [6]	Yes [1]	Yes [5]	1993	2009-04-26 3.0.1
Chef [7]	Ruby	Apache	Yes [6]	Partial [4]	2009-01-15 0.5.0	2009-02-13 0.5.4
DACS [8]	Perl	?	?	?	?	2009-01-10 2.0 [9]
ISconf	Python	GPL [10]	Yes [7]	No [8]	1998	2006-08-13 4.2.8.233
LCFG	Perl	GPL	Partial [9]	Partial [10]	1994	2007-02-19 2007021901c
OCS Inventory NG with GLPI	Perl, PHP, C++	GPL	No [11]	Yes [4]	2003	2007
opsi (open pc server integration)	Python, Delphi	GPL	No	Yes [4]	2004	2008-11-07 3.3
PCfengine	Python	GPL [11]	No [12]	No [12]
PIKT	C	GPL [12]	Yes [13]	Yes[14]	1998	2007-09-10 1.19.0
Puppet	Ruby	GPL	Yes [15]	Yes [4]	2005-08-30	2009-02-28 0.24.8
Quattor	Perl	EDG[13]	Yes [16]	Yes [17]	2005-04-01	2007-12-12 1.3-2
Radmind	C	BSD [14]	Yes [18]	Yes [19]	2002-03-26	2008-10-8 1.13.0
SmartFrog	Java	LGPL	Yes [20]	Yes [20]	2004-02-11	2008-01-21 3.12.018
STAF	C++	CPL [15]	No [21] [22]	Partial [23]	1998-02-16	2008-02-27 3.2.5

[edit] Platform support

Note: This means platforms on which a recent version of the tool has actually been used successfully, not platforms where it should theoretically work since it's written in good portable C/C++ or an interpreted language. It should also be listed as a supported platform on the project's web site.

	AIX	*BSD	HP-UX	Linux	Mac OS X	Solaris	Windows	Others
Arusha Project (ARK)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Bcfg2	Partial [24]	Yes [25]	No	Yes [26]	Partial [27]	Yes	No	No
Cfengine	Yes	Yes [25] [28] [29]	Yes	Yes	Yes [30]	Yes	No	Yes
Chef	No	Yes [25]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No [31]	No
DACS [16]
ISconf	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
LCFG	No	No	No	Partial [32]	Partial [33]	Partial [34]	No	No
OCS Inventory NG with GLPI	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
opsi (open pc server integration)	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No
PCfengine	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
PIKT	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes [35]
Puppet	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
Quattor	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
Radmind	Yes	Yes [25] [28] [29]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
SmartFrog	No [36]	No [36]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No [36]
STAF	Yes [37]	Yes [38]	Yes [39]	Yes [40]	Yes [41]	Yes [42]	Yes [43]	Yes [44]