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A scalable approach to system management requires that administrative changes be structured, reproducible, and replicable across multiple computers. In the real world, that means those changes should be mediated by software rather than performed by administrators working from checklists—or worse, from memory.
Scripts standardize administrative chores and free up admins’ time for more important and more interesting tasks. Scripts also serve as a kind of low-rent documentation in that they record the steps needed to complete a particular task.
Sysadmins’ main alternative to scripting is to use the configuration ...
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