Hey everyone,
I’m part of a SysOps team managing a fleet of Linux servers (mostly Ubuntu and CentOS), and we’re working on improving our automation and system reliability workflows. I’d love to hear from others who are handling similar environments.
A few things we’re exploring right now:
What tools or scripts are you using for automated patching, log rotation, and disk cleanup?
How do you handle cron job orchestration across multiple servers without losing control or visibility?
Any favourite tools or tips for config management (we’re looking at Ansible and Puppet, and other tools like attune, automatorz and bash scripts)?
What are your go-to solutions for system monitoring and alerting (besides Nagios and Prometheus)?
Bonus: How do you test or validate critical updates before pushing them live?
We’re aiming for a setup that’s both automated and safe, ideally with rollback options and good visibility. If you have any scripts, habits, or frameworks that have helped you, I’d really appreciate hearing about them.
Looking forward to learning from this community!
Thanks,