New Automation Project (ControlTier)

Thu Dec 1 17:37:39 PST 2005

Greetings, just letting everyone on the list know about our new open 
source project, ControlTier.

http://open.controltier.com/

ControlTier automates application deployment and control. It combines 
both configuration management (configuring all of the various 
components of a distributed, multi-tier application) and process 
management (coordinates and sequences the various procedures that need 
to happen in order to deploy, configure, and control a distributed, 
multi-tier application).

Designed to be a tool that automates other tools, ControlTier works 
with your existing scripts (Shell, Ant, Perl, Ruby, etc..) and can 
integrate your favorite tools into complex processes (cfengine, 
Kickstart/Jumpstart, Maven, etc..). ControlTier may appear to have a 
Unix slant to it, but is completely cross platform and has been used 
successfully in Windows-only environments

The software has been in use at multiple large enterprises over the 
past 3 years (ControlTier, Inc. is an automation solutions provider), 
but has only been an open source project for a few months. Any and all 
feedback is welcome either here or on our mailing lists. Some of our 
developers will also be at the LISA conference in San Diego on Monday 
and Tuesday.

Other links of interest:

Overview of platform:
http://open.controltier.com/documentation/developers/platform.html
FAQ:
http://open.controltier.com/documentation/faq.html
Roadmap (the tools continue to evolve rapidly):
http://open.controltier.com/development/roadmap/3-0.html
Mailing lists:
http://open.controltier.com/mailing-list.html

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Damon Edwards
ControlTier Software, Inc.
damon at controltier.com

http://www.controltier.com

CONTROLTIER: OPEN SOURCE DEPLOYMENT AUTOMATION