From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: rchar01 Subject: Re: Ansible and GuixOps questions Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 12:30:38 +0000 Message-ID: References: <20191216193558.zh3hfmk6k3jqjtj3@thebird.nl> Reply-To: rchar01 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:38443) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ihux9-0007le-1g for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 07:30:53 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ihux5-0007Ha-4T for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 07:30:48 -0500 Received: from mail-40132.protonmail.ch ([185.70.40.132]:48865) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ihux2-00079n-Vj for guix-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 19 Dec 2019 07:30:45 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20191216193558.zh3hfmk6k3jqjtj3@thebird.nl> List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: "guix-devel@gnu.org" An interesting project, thanks for sharing. In my case I will definitely be able to use it. Do you think using Guix will allow full replacement of Ansible (on Guix System or other like Debian)? Robert. =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original Me= ssage =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 On Monday, December 16, 2019 8:35 PM, Pjotr Prins > Hi Richard, > > As it happens I am working on partial deploy to replace the likes of > Ansible. If you want to help we can make this a killer system. See > > http://git.genenetwork.org/pjotrp/guix-notes/src/branch/master/DEPLOY.org > > I am planning to post this to mailing list as soon I got machine > configuration cracked from a package definition. > > My X-mas project ;) > > Pj. > > On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 11:57:02AM +0000, rchar01 wrote: > > > Hello, > > Probably many admins / DevOps are heavily using Ansible. I also use > > this solution to configure systems and services (on Debian and CentOS). > > I would like to transfer infrastructure to the Guix System and some > > questions arose: > > - is there any way to combine Ansible and GuixOps? > > - is there any way to continue using Ansible to configure Guix (some = in > > guile script and some in ansible)? > > - would it be possible to generate a guile script (for GuixOps) from > > Ansible? > > - would it be possible to change the Ansible to talk to the Guix (or > > GuixOps) system? > > > > Rewriting to Guile (Guix config files): > > - Against: > > ** time consuming > > ** may require new skills > > ** only for Guix, Ansible can configure other GNU / Linux systems > > - What might the benefits be? > > > > Such integration would probably help to transfer from other systems to > > Guix and enlarge the community. > > What do you think? > > Regards, > > Robert.