Guys-
I manage about six FreeBSD 6.3 servers (with more on the way). They're all pretty much the same... with the exception of server specific config into like rc.conf and httpd.conf, they all run the same software, including a custom kernel.
It's time to upgrade to FBSD 6.4 (and later FBSD 7)... last time I did this, I did a
on each box. Works, but it compiles the same stuff over and over again, once on each box. And requires a couple reboots each.
Seems like there ought to be a way to make an upgrade 'image', and then deploy it out to each box. Thoughts?
D
I manage about six FreeBSD 6.3 servers (with more on the way). They're all pretty much the same... with the exception of server specific config into like rc.conf and httpd.conf, they all run the same software, including a custom kernel.
It's time to upgrade to FBSD 6.4 (and later FBSD 7)... last time I did this, I did a
Code:
make buildkernel, make buildworld, portupgrade -ar
Seems like there ought to be a way to make an upgrade 'image', and then deploy it out to each box. Thoughts?
D