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Etch

Etch is a tool for managing the configuration of Unix systems. Etch can manage text or binary files, links and directories. The contents of files can be supplied from static files or generated on the fly by scripts. Permissions and ownership as well as any pre or post commands to run when updating the file are configured in simple XML files.

Etch has a system of classifying systems via both automatically determined and human-assigned attributes, as well as a very powerful system for building configuration files and associating actions and test conditions with updates to those files.

Etch can help you with problems like:

• Rapid deployment and scalability: If the configuration of systems in your environment is captured in etch the process of deploying new systems is simple, rapid and repeatable. New systems can be transformed from a stock OS install to fully configured in seconds. Need another system like that overloaded box? Just add the new host to the same groups as the source host (just a few lines in a simple XML file) and run etch. Seconds later and you've got a duplicate configuration.
• Disaster recovery: Need to duplicate your hosts in another location for disaster recovery or replace a host after a hardware failure? Just add the new hosts to the appropriate configuration groups and you're done.
• Compliance with SOX or other regulations: Using a consistent, repeatable tool like etch helps you demonstrate to your auditors good control of your environment.

Try a demo of etch on your systems. Read the FAQ and manual for more details of how etch works. If you are interested in purchasing etch please contact our Sales department.