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Tony Malmquist
Asked: 2012-03-13 02:33:44 +0800 CST

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?

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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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