Questions[deployment](server)

I try to print the previously registered mosh_version variable using the ansible debug msg command like this:

- name: Print mosh version
  debug: msg="Mosh Version: {{ mosh_version.stdout }}"

It doesn't work and prints the following error:

Note: The error may actually appear before this position: line 55, column 27

- name: Print mosh version
  debug: msg="Mosh Version: {{ mosh_version.stdout }}"
                          ^
We could be wrong, but this one looks like it might be an issue with
missing quotes.  Always quote template expression brackets when they
start a value. For instance:

    with_items:
      - {{ foo }}

Should be written as:

    with_items:
      - "{{ foo }}"

I tried

- name: Print mosh version
  debug: msg=Mosh Version: "{{ mosh_version.stdout }}"

but this will just print "Mosh".

What's the best way to get this running?

My company is in the process of upgrading all of our users from old Windows XP computers to newer quad-core Win7 computers. This is a good thing - it's long overdue that we upgrade our workstations - but I now spend a ton of time configuring new computers. Is there any way to automate this process?

The steps that I go through with just about every computer:

• Run through Win7 setup process (we do mostly HPs, so we get the stupid "The computer is personal again" thing.
• Uninstall bloatware (norton, bing bar, roxio, etc.)
• Install Updates
• Add to domain & configure network settings
• Install Office, and other company-specific applications
• Configure important shortcuts (Outlook on task bar)

There's a couple other things that I do after that that would be nice to automate, but it's unlikely due to license keys, passwords, etc.

• Configure Outlook
• Pull in files/settings with easy transfer wizard
• Map network drives

I know that it's possible to create a complete image of a computer, but how does that work with different hardware/drivers? What about Win7 license keys? If there is a way to make this work, what is the best (preferably free/open source) software out there to do this?

I have a problem deploying Django app using Gunicorn and Supervisor. While I can make Gunicorn serving my app (by setting proper PYTHONPATH and running apropriate command, the one from supervisord config) I can't make supervisor to run it. It just won't see my app. I don't know how to make sure if the config file is ok.

Here's what supervisorctl says:

# supervisorctl start myapp_live
myapp_live: ERROR (no such process)

I'm running it on Ubuntu 10.04 with following config:

File /home/myapp/live/deploy/supervisord_live.ini:

[program:myapp_live]
command=/usr/local/bin/gunicorn_django --log-file /home/myapp/logs/gunicorn_live.log --log-level info --workers 2 -t 120 -b 127.0.0.1:10000 -p deploy/gunicorn_live.pid webapp/settings_live.py
directory=/home/myapp/live
environment=PYTHONPATH='/home/myapp/live/eco/lib'
user=myapp
autostart=true
autorestart=true

In /etc/supervisor/supervisord.conf, at the end of the file, there is:

[include]
files = /etc/supervisor/conf.d/*.conf

and here's a symlink to my config file:

# ls -la /etc/supervisor/conf.d
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root   48 Dec  4 18:02 myapp-live.conf -> /home/myapp/live/deploy/supervisord_live.ini

everything looks fine for me but supervisorctl just keep saying myapp_live: ERROR (no such process). Any solution for this?

What are the advantages of using .msi files over regular setup.exe files?

I have the impression that deployment is easier on machines where users have few permissions, but not sure about the details.

What features does msiexec.exe have that makes deployment more easy than using setup.exe scenarios?

Any tips or tricks when deploying .msi applications?

I find i am constantly settings up pretty much nearly identical servers and VPSs for a number of my clients and it can be very time consuming. Often the only thing that changes between each deployment is the different website that is to be served. Is there an easy way to automate all this and take the boring monotony of setting up 56 identical servers?

The servers i have deployed so far have only been Ubuntu, but it may be possible that i start to use other linux OSs or even Windows. So far i have looked at Capistrano, but it seems to be focused on writing little ruby programs to do the job with, and i have no knowledge at all