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What's the difference between Juju and Puppet/Chef?

Have tried asking 3rd party about key differences between Juju and Puppet/Chef. 3rd parties are not too familiar with Juju and could not say. They simply stated the others have a lot of momentum, and ...
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How can I manage and deploy snap packages without using the official Snap store from Canonical?

I was wondering if it would be possible to create and self-host a repository of snap packages which could then be deployed / updated via something like Puppet, Chef or Ansible. Is this feasible, or ...
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Is there a tool like Juju or Chef that I can use to automate the set up of my computer?

There are a lot of tools (chef, puppet, juju) out there to automate server deployments and set ups. How can these be used for automating my laptop set up? I want to be able to do nothing but run a ...
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apache2 localhost refused to connect

I'm installing apache2.4 on Ubuntu 16.04 with a custom cookbook in Chef. I cannot connect to localhost after a fresh converge, and I'm not having Chef modify any configuration files until I figure ...
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apache2 and sshd are listening, but only sshd is accessible from remote

I've just installed apache2 on Ubuntu (aws) using chef. Apache2 on Ubuntu Server: 10.1.1.1 Client: 10.1.1.200 I've also verified that both tcp 22 (sshd) & tcp 80 (apache2) are listening root@...
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How to download files to multiple laptops at once with dynamic IPs

I work at a company that teaches kids how to code, we often travel to the school sites to do the camp and have our own fleet of laptops that we bring with us. I have the laptops in a Deep Freeze ...
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getting error for knife bootstrap on ubuntu chef node

Getting knife bootstrap error on ubuntu chef node $ knife bootstrap 52.8.178.221 -x ubuntu -i ~/Keys/chef1.pem mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/etc/chef’: Permission denied 52.8.178.221 bash: ...
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chef server version for ubuntu 12.04, 32 bit

Where can i get chef-server version for ubuntu 12.04, 32 bit. this link provided does not have it for 32 bit os, http://www.opscode.com/chef/install/ plz help
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Package linux-image-extra-3.13.0-166-generic is missing in 14.04

I have a chef script that installs linux-image-extra for whatever the given kernel is on the system by doing apt-get -y install linux-image-extra-uname -r, but today it's started to fail saying that ...
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How can I find out where chef server is installed in my Ubuntu system?

I have installed chef server but I am unable to find the path to it. Where is it installed, or how can I find out where it is installed?
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Can you return 0 when stopping an upstart service which is already stopped?

I have a custom upstart service which I'm trying to automate via Chef. The chef flow is like this: - Create /etc/init/myservice.conf, notify restart myservice (if conf file changes) - Start myservice ...
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unable to install and configure chef-server on ubuntu 12.04

I have ubuntu 12.04 installed on aws cloud and I am trying to install chef server on it, but it does not configures correctly and returns an error. I am following this simple guide for installation ...
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