[Gllug] best way to update a single production server?

[Karanbir Singh]

Khusro Jaleel wrote:
> Another option might be to use VMs? So we setup each server with 2
> VMs, so while we update 1, the other one takes over, but uses the same
> IPs?

This depends a lot on the performance level's you are expecting. In many 
cases, native performance > VM performance.

But, nothing stops you from setting up a VM, on a non production machine 
to mirror the production machine and then use that VM to run the various 
update scenarios you might want to consider.

Many people run a complete production network, down to the dns/ip level 
inside containerised vm farms ( if you are using a config and a state 
management setup like spacewalk+cobbler+puppet  the amount of work 
required to manage this container is near zero. )

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