[smoyer]

I tried both and decided the answer was neither - I'd recommend giving Ansible serious consideration. (https://github.com/ansible/ansible)

[mpdehaan2]

Thanks for the mention!

FWIW, front page is http://ansible.cc and there's a FAQ there that explains a bit more.

Docs are http://ansible.cc/docs

[ivanvanderbyl]

Another one is Babushka, for serious simplicity and speed http://babushka.me

[dhotson]

We use babushka at 99designs for setting up servers and development VMs. I highly recommend it.

[reinhardt]

Thanks for the Ansible reference, looks interesting.

[smoyer]

No problem ... there's also a Google Group that's quite active and it's great resource. The project's founder is very active there and it will give you a good feel for how the project operates. (http://groups.google.com/group/ansible-project/topics)