Re: [cobalt-users] Control Station

[Bruce Timberlake <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx>]

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> Not anything in particular - I just did an upgrade and got a new
> lights out thing but I can't see what it does at first glance.

That's actually for the LX50.  It's the only Linux server Sun provides 
with LOM support.

> I really wanted to see if there was anything nifty out there. I
> administer about 30 RAQ 550s for our sites and I want to be able to
> centrally push stuff to them all (content management stuff and that
> kind of stuff)

That's what the CS does best.  You can run it as a BlueLinQ server and 
have your 550s look to it for updates (allowing you to make "public" 
only PKGs you've tested first), or you can use the "push" mode to 
shove PKGs out to remote servers.

You just have to put your content into PKG format (basically a .tar.gz 
file with a script in it that does the work).  RaQ 550 PKG format is 
basically the same as Qube 3, so read the Sausalito Dev Guide for 
more info (the 550 Sausalito -- the UI -- version is a bit different 
from the Qube, but there's no documentation on what is actually 
different).  Best thing is to pick apart some existing PKGs and look 
at the contents... (note that you might have to do

gpg --decrypt raq550-package-name.pkg > newname.tar.gz

first.  Then use "tar zxvf newname.tar.gz" to actually expand the 
contents.

> Was kinda just curious to see if someone cleverer than me (most of
> the world) have thought of any cool ideas - I am sure there must be
> lots. Seems like time to learn a new skill!

Yeah, you can do a lot with it... the developer guide is a bit lean, 
but it's a start.  There's also a couple of sample modules to pick 
apart -- one is a ping/traceroute module.

Check developer.cobalt.com - free reg required.  Or you might find it 
all on either ftp.cobalt.sun.com (try /pub/developer/TechNotes)

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Bruce Timberlake

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