Red Hat has strengthened web-based systems management
tool Red Hat Network with a provisioning module.
The module, which it will roll out at the LinuxWorld Expo in New
York this week, is designed to allow system administrators to
install, deploy, configure and manage servers using the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux operating system.
The Red Hat Network has been available to Red Hat Linux users
since 2000 and includes two other modules: the update module for
basic management and maintenance of single systems and the
management module for more advanced group-based management.
The update module comes with the purchase of Red Hat Linux
Enterprise.
The management module costs $96 per node per year. The
provisioning module costs $192 per node per year and will include
the management module.
Red Hat Network is designed to manage only Red Hat operating
systems.
The next extension to Red Hat Network will probably come through
support for third-party applications, so that they can be managed
from the systems management console.
Juan Carlos Perez writes for IDG News Service