Is there a system sync tool?
 

Hi,
I have a PC at work, and a PC at home. And I am really tired to
build the same environment at home every time I changed something at
work.
So just wonder if you guys have some idea to help. For example, when
I updates something (configuration, packages, etc), the tool would
somehow record the change (through internet or on a usb drive). So I
could just re-do the change at home.
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Magicloud Magiclouds <magicloud.magiclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I have a PC at work, and a PC at home. And I am really tired to
> build the same environment at home every time I changed something at
> work.
> So just wonder if you guys have some idea to help. For example, when
> I updates something (configuration, packages, etc), the tool would
> somehow record the change (through internet or on a usb drive). So I
> could just re-do the change at home.

I use rsync for exactly that.
Have a look at man rsync.

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On Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:39:11 +0800, Magicloud Magiclouds wrote:

> I have a PC at work, and a PC at home. And I am really tired to
> build the same environment at home every time I changed something at
> work.
> So just wonder if you guys have some idea to help. For example, when
> I updates something (configuration, packages, etc), the tool would
> somehow record the change (through internet or on a usb drive). So I
> could just re-do the change at home.

Are both systems sharing a 1:1 configuration? If no, you can end up with
a royal mess :-)

Anyway, I don't know of any package/tool that "syncs" between the full
system configuration, patches and setup.

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On 19/04/2012 18:10, Indulekha wrote:

Magicloud Magiclouds<magicloud.magiclouds@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi,
I have a PC at work, and a PC at home. And I am really tired to
build the same environment at home every time I changed something at
work.
So just wonder if you guys have some idea to help. For example, when
I updates something (configuration, packages, etc), the tool would
somehow record the change (through internet or on a usb drive). So I
could just re-do the change at home.


I use rsync for exactly that.
Have a look at man rsync.



Unison could do that, it's doing rsync's job but in a bi-directional or
"star" configuration. I use it to keep laptops in sync with a "master"
(rsync could do this part) computer, but also retrieve files added to
the laptops during the day. It's easy to write different profiles (i.e.
"system_sync", "home_sync", ...etc) or configuration files to tailor it
to your needs.


Otherwise you could use a "file alteration monitor" program (you'll find
several in the repo) and write a script to have it call "cp" to a usb
flash drive on those modified files. Even "find" could do that easily.


HIH


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On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 07:39, Magicloud Magiclouds
<magicloud.magiclouds@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> *I have a PC at work, and a PC at home. And I am really tired to
> build the same environment at home every time I changed something at
> work.
> *So just wonder if you guys have some idea to help. For example, when
> I updates something (configuration, packages, etc), the tool would
> somehow record the change (through internet or on a usb drive). So I
> could just re-do the change at home.

You can do that with things like rsync or possibly etckeep or similar.
But depending on what you are syncing, if the machines are not
identical, it can be a real problem.

The correct way would be to use a config management system, like
cfengine, chef, puppet, etc. But learning, setting up and running
those is a lot of work for just two machines.

Cheers,
Kelly Clowers


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Magicloud Magiclouds wrote at 2012-04-19 09:39 -0500:
> I have a PC at work, and a PC at home. And I am really tired to
> build the same environment at home every time I changed something at
> work.

unison works great for files in /home, but I do not know how the full system
configuration would be synced.

Is there a system sync tool?
 

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:54:27PM -0700, Kelly Clowers wrote:
> The correct way would be to use a config management system, like
> cfengine, chef, puppet, etc. But learning, setting up and running
> those is a lot of work for just two machines.

I'd second that. I use puppet to capture what I consider to be my 'desktop
machine configuration' and configure my current desktop machine appropriately.
The OP would need only to copy their puppet configuration from one machine to
the other (or keep it on a memory stick).

(I further simplified my life by moving to one laptop for both home and work.)


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