CHAPTER 5Bootstrappinga New Infrastructure
How would you feel if you were offered the opportunity to install and configure all the systems and applications at a new startup company? On one hand you'd probably be pleased, because you would finally be able to fix all the things you've criticized about other infrastructures. On the other hand you'd be apprehensive, because you have only one chance to build it before it goes into production, and you might be blamed (with good reason) if things don't work well.
We would expect most people to admit to feelings on both ends of the spectrum. If you're anything like us, you'll be thrilled to have the opportunity! Radically changing the design of your cfengine master, system upgrade, and patching procedures ...
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