The R Zone: Tracking, Auditing and Managing Your Server Configuration with Subversion in 10 Minutes | Linux Today

The R Zone: Tracking, Auditing and Managing Your Server Configuration with Subversion in 10 Minutes

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Mar 15, 2006

[ Thanks to Rudd-O
for this link. ]

“Hello, again! For this article in the Server management series,
we’ll explore an uncommon use of Subversion–instead of using it
for source code management, you’ll be using it as a tool to make
server administration painless and error-proof.

“Most servers are configured once, then left to run for as long
as they can (which, in practical terms, means ‘until hardware or
software fails’). More often than not, the cause for server failure
is rooted in configuration mistakes…”


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Web Webster

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Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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