sprinkle

Sprinkle is a software provisioning tool you can use to build remote servers with. eg. to install a Rails, or Sinatra stack on a brand new slice directly after its been created

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What it is

Sprinkle is a software provisioning tool you can use to build remote servers with. eg. to install a Rails, or Sinatra stack on a brand new slice directly after its been created

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Observed mentions: 2013-09-09 21:46:01 UTC to 2013-12-01 11:12:58 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Comments
Sep 9	2013-09-09 00:00:00 UTC	2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
Sep 16	2013-09-16 00:00:00 UTC	2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Sep 23	2013-09-23 00:00:00 UTC	2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC	1	1
Sep 30	2013-09-30 00:00:00 UTC	2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 7	2013-10-07 00:00:00 UTC	2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 14	2013-10-14 00:00:00 UTC	2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 21	2013-10-21 00:00:00 UTC	2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Oct 28	2013-10-28 00:00:00 UTC	2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 4	2013-11-04 00:00:00 UTC	2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 11	2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC	2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 18	2013-11-18 00:00:00 UTC	2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC	0	0
Nov 25	2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC	2013-12-02 00:00:00 UTC	1	1

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vinceguidry·Dec 1, 2013

When I looked at Chef, I decided that it was too much overhead, Chef Solo and its brethren didn't really fix the issue. I found Sprinkle to do what I needed, although the documentation can be confusing. https://github.com/sprinkle-tool/sprinkle

In Why Vagrant?

bradleyland·Sep 23, 2013

Have a look at Sprinkle. Sprinkle "Installers" are more or less wrappers around shell scripts, so you can write an Installer class that can do just about anything you can do in shell. https://github.com/sprinkle-tool/sprinkle

In Shell Scripts vs. Ansible

bradleyland·Sep 9, 2013

Sprinkle deserves a mention if you're looking for to visioning only. It's Ruby, so it may be more appealing for Rubyists. * DSL and wrappers for common shell tasks * Uses Capistrano, which you're probably already familiar with * Uses eRB for templates (more familiar friends) * Does not require Ruby on the server * Simple application structure (easy to extend) https://github.com/sprinkle-tool/sprinkle

In On Ansible