os VS mgmt

Compare os vs mgmt and see what are their differences.

os

Tiny Linux distro that runs the entire OS as Docker containers (by rancher)

mgmt

Next generation distributed, event-driven, parallel config management! (by purpleidea)
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os mgmt
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6,438 3,370
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0.0 9.6
7 months ago 1 day ago
Go Go
Apache License 2.0 GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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os

Posts with mentions or reviews of os. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-10.
  • Alternative to HTTrack (website copier) as of 2023?
    4 projects | /r/DataHoarder | 10 Feb 2023
    I wonder if that's a job for rancherOS since everything in rancherOS is a docker container, https://rancher.com/docs/os/v1.x/en/ . Or is there some better compact OS?
  • Plex server all in one?
    2 projects | /r/PleX | 4 Dec 2022
    The closest I can think of is the docker. If OP likes docker in their docker then they can start with RancherOS.
  • RancherOS discontinued?
    2 projects | /r/rancher | 29 Sep 2021
    Anyone have any details on RancherOS being discontinued? The site shows that 1.x is in essential mode only, and the link doesn't work for more info. Is there supposed to be a version 2?
    2 projects | /r/rancher | 29 Sep 2021
    RancherOS 2.0.0 alpha01 was out 2 days ago : https://github.com/rancher/os/releases/tag/v2.0.0-alpha01
  • Ask HN: Linux distro based on Docker images?
    2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Aug 2021
    Was it RancherOS?

    > RancherOS is the smallest, easiest way to run Docker in production. Every process in RancherOS is a container managed by Docker. This includes system services such as udev and syslog. Because it only includes the services necessary to run Docker, RancherOS is significantly smaller than most traditional operating systems.

    https://rancher.com/docs/os/v1.x/en/

  • Immutability & loose coupling: a match made in heaven
    3 projects | dev.to | 18 Mar 2021
    The nodes are thus totally neutral now. As a result, their templates are greatly simplified, and they can now easily be managed in an immutable way. This new paradigm opened the way to new Operating Systems specialized for container orchestration, such as CoreOS or RancherOS, whose life cycles are meant to be managed with an immutable workflow.
  • Deploying Apostrophe on Docker
    4 projects | dev.to | 11 Mar 2021
    For this example, I'll be using a VPS on DigitalOcean running RancherOS with 2 CPUs and 2GB RAM. RancherOS a lightweight OS designed for hosting containers. If you'd prefer to use another distribution, you'll need to make sure Docker Engine is installed. Instructions for installing Docker Engine can be found in the Docker documentation. Any cloud provider will work just fine but I'd suggest the specs above as minimums.
  • How to Run Docker on Proxmox (Secure)
    2 projects | /r/Proxmox | 24 Jan 2021
    Edit: here’s a link : https://github.com/rancher/os/issues/3000

mgmt

Posts with mentions or reviews of mgmt. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-07.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing os and mgmt you can also consider the following projects:

GNU Stow - GNU Stow - mirror of savannah git repository occasionally with more bleeding-edge branches

Ansible - Ansible is a radically simple IT automation platform that makes your applications and systems easier to deploy and maintain. Automate everything from code deployment to network configuration to cloud management, in a language that approaches plain English, using SSH, with no agents to install on remote systems. https://docs.ansible.com.

Pulumi - Pulumi - Infrastructure as Code in any programming language. Build infrastructure intuitively on any cloud using familiar languages 🚀

Home Manager using Nix - Manage a user environment using Nix [maintainer=@rycee]

Chef - Chef Infra, a powerful automation platform that transforms infrastructure into code automating how infrastructure is configured, deployed and managed across any environment, at any scale

CFEngine - CFEngine Community

Pallet - Automates controlling and provisioning cloud server instances. DevOps for the JVM.

guiscrcpy - A full fledged GUI integration for the award winning open-source android screen mirroring system -- scrcpy located on https://github.com/genymobile/scrcpy/ by @rom1v

darch - A tool for building and booting stateless and immutable images, bare metal.

homeshick - git dotfiles synchronizer written in bash

yadm - Yet Another Dotfiles Manager

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