The administration of a large number of servers can be quite tiresome without a central configuration management. This article gives a first introduction into the configuration management Puppet.

Introduction

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Configuration Management is a term that may not be familiar to many Linux users. But for system administrators the concept will be well known. In a nutshell, Configuration Management software enables administrators to automatically manage the entire configuration of one or multiple computers.

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What is APOC?

APOC stands for A Point Of Control. It provides a framework for centralized storage of application and desktop configuration which may be applied to users, organizations and hosts.

What is it used for?

It is used to reduce the administration overhead for large desktop deployments by supporting centralized management and availability of key configuration settings for the desktop and its applications.

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