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You can’t do GitOps until you can git add

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James Read
Mar 13, 2020

What will I get by using Git for server configs?

  1. All changes are logged and tracked – Who made that change, when, etc.? 
  2. All changes are versioned – If the most recent change broke something, it’s easy to roll back.
  3. Free backup – Just clone the repository to multiple locations.
  4. Easy to reuse configs – Just installed a new server and want to use 90% of a common apache configuration? Just clone the repo and copy the file.
JR

James Read

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