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Better yet, are there any Spacewalk-like software packages that work for both RedHat-based and Debian-based systems?

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    Tony, Landscape and Spacewalk are massive systems. Maybe you can elaborate on what it is you want these systems to do?
    – SpamapS
    Apr 7, 2012 at 15:27
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    here is a demo of Foreman doing a debian install
    – user72013
    Jun 20, 2012 at 14:21
  • maybe Amon would be a help if you want to keep everything simple
    – abzcoding
    Jan 14, 2014 at 17:39

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In addition to straight Puppet and Spacewalk, there is a puppet-based system called "foreman" that does most of what you're looking for.

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while the screenshot does show CentOS and Windows clients, it does have Ubuntu support

I've used it and I recommend giving it a go.

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  • What is needed to start using it? Can i take 3 clean comps and put on one Ubuntu any version and this programm and then how to make from network other 2 comps to install with ubuntu also?
    – Kangarooo
    Dec 16, 2012 at 18:59
  • I set up a foreman install. It works, I can see the various attached clients. I also have no idea what to do with them. I'm basically interested in using it for patch management, but I can't even figure out how to see what needs patching. I think I'm supposed to do something with puppet sensors (?), but the online library of them doesn't seem to have any for apt.
    – Fake Name
    Oct 12, 2016 at 19:37
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    Ok, apparently any sort of life-cycle/patch-management in Foreman is done via Katello, which has no support for debian/ubuntu, so foreman is not a functional alternative to landscape at all.
    – Fake Name
    Dec 25, 2016 at 6:48
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As of 2019, Landscape on-premises is free for small installations (10 servers + 10 VMs).

Installation instructions can be found here: How do I install Landscape for personal use?

It is also open source, with source code available on launchpad.

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    Note that this has changed. It's now 10 servers/VMs, and 50 "containers".
    – Fake Name
    Dec 31, 2016 at 8:50
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According to the FAQ, Spacewalk supports Debian, so it may support Ubuntu as well.

If you are looking for configuration options for a large environment, you could take a look at Puppet.

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  • I am a big fan of Spacewalk, but last I checked the Debian support was not in that good o a shape. Foreman is much better adjusted and works with Ubuntu, see previous answer.
    – 0xF2
    Oct 23, 2015 at 14:27
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You can try out vFense , which is still in Beta, but it supports Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, OS X and Windows. vFense is an open source cross platform patch management tool, that is also cross referencing vulnerability data from Ubuntu, Windows, and soon RedHat as well.

Full disclosure, I am the lead developer of the project.

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  • Welcome to AskUbuntu. Could you please describe a bit more this software? Apr 8, 2014 at 6:50
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    All the links above are dead. The link to the project is github.com/vFense/vFense
    – Maddin
    May 31, 2017 at 11:02
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    It appears vFense is dead as well. Jun 15, 2020 at 15:45

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