paella

Paella is a powerful installation and configuration management software that is designed to manage systems and networks with ease. With this software, users can define, configure, maintain and update their systems quickly and efficiently.

One of the software's requirements is having Python 2.3 or any later version installed. Additionally, the Paella database has two primary objects, which include profiles and traits. A trait is a collection of packages, templates, and an environment, and it can have multiple parents or dependencies. The trait's environment is a collection of name-value pairs for it and its parents.

Each package in a template has an action to perform on it, with the action typically being an install, but users can also remove it. The software's templates are like templated conffiles with tags that are substituted with the environment.

Setting up the software requires running Woody on a server for nfs and Postgres. The newer version of Postgres checks for constraints before table drops, which the code doesn't reflect yet. Sid and Sarge nfs servers tend to lock up and require restarting more than Woody. Additionally, users may need to run Apache on a server.

Users must also have a Sid workstation to perform the development on. If any paths or names are hardcoded elsewhere, it's considered a bug. On the nfs server, users must configure their/etc/exports for updating the mirror, and for tarring/uml.

On the Postgres server, users need to ensure that the configuration file and the database users' dbname are the same. Additionally, users must create a user for each Postgres server and createdb Paella.

On the Sid workstation, users need to ensure that the dependencies in the Debian/control file are set up for all packages. If users choose to install the packages, the Pythonpath in Paellarc will override the installed path when booting the uml objects.

Paella's latest release has many bug fixes for the machine installer, making it an even more reliable software.