Are there any open source alternatives to Landscape?

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Better yet, are there any Spacewalk-like software packages that work for both RedHat-based and Debian-based systems?

Tony, Landscape and Spacewalk are massive systems. Maybe you can elaborate on what it is you want these systems to do? — SpamapS, Apr 07 '12 at 15:27
maybe Amon would be a help if you want to keep everything simple — abzcoding, Jan 14 '14 at 17:39

score 34 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 23 '15 at 14:38

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In addition to straight Puppet and Spacewalk, there is a puppet-based system called "foreman" that does most of what you're looking for.

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while the screenshot does show CentOS and Windows clients, it does have Ubuntu support

I've used it and I recommend giving it a go.

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0xF2

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What is needed to start using it? Can i take 3 clean comps and put on one Ubuntu any version and this programm and then how to make from network other 2 comps to install with ubuntu also? – Kangarooo Dec 16 '12 at 18:59
I set up a foreman install. It works, I can see the various attached clients. I also have no idea what to do with them. I'm basically interested in using it for patch management, but I can't even figure out how to see what needs patching. I think I'm supposed to do something with puppet sensors (?), but the online library of them doesn't seem to have any for apt. – Fake Name Oct 12 '16 at 19:37
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Ok, apparently any sort of life-cycle/patch-management in Foreman is done via Katello, which has no support for debian/ubuntu, so foreman is not a functional alternative to landscape at all. – Fake Name Dec 25 '16 at 06:48

score 9 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 29 '19 at 19:28

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As of 2019, Landscape on-premises is free for small installations (10 servers + 10 VMs).

Installation instructions can be found here: How do I install Landscape for personal use?

It is also open source, with source code available on launchpad.

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Note that this has changed. It's now 10 servers/VMs, and 50 "containers". – Fake Name Dec 31 '16 at 08:50

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Oct 29 '19 at 19:32

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According to the FAQ, Spacewalk supports Debian, so it may support Ubuntu as well.

If you are looking for configuration options for a large environment, you could take a look at Puppet.

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Pablo Bianchi

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I am a big fan of Spacewalk, but last I checked the Debian support was not in that good o a shape. Foreman is much better adjusted and works with Ubuntu, see previous answer. – 0xF2 Oct 23 '15 at 14:27

score 4 · Answer 4 · edited Oct 07 '21 at 09:22

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You can try out vFense , which is still in Beta, but it supports Ubuntu, Debian, RedHat, OS X and Windows. vFense is an open source cross platform patch management tool, that is also cross referencing vulnerability data from Ubuntu, Windows, and soon RedHat as well.

Full disclosure, I am the lead developer of the project.

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answered Apr 08 '14 at 05:25

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Welcome to AskUbuntu. Could you please describe a bit more this software? – Luís de Sousa Apr 08 '14 at 06:50
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All the links above are dead. The link to the project is https://github.com/vFense/vFense – Maddin May 31 '17 at 11:02
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It appears vFense is dead as well. – user2066657 Jun 15 '20 at 15:45

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