Blueprint: configuration management for busy people
summary
Blueprint is a BSD‑licensed Python tool that reverse engineers servers and records system packages, gems, /etc config files and /usr/local source installs into JSON blueprints kept in git. It strips distro essentials, honors ignore rules, and generates idempotent shell scripts or Puppet/Chef code to reproduce the state. It runs on Debian/RPM Linux, can push/pull blueprints via S3 and produce EC2 userdata, and delivers reproducible, repeatable deployments for development and production.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction to Blueprint
- 1:54Core configuration philosophy
- 4:46Reliability and predictability
- 7:55Data storage and interoperability
- 10:14Development environment setup
- 13:27Reverse engineering system state
- 18:26Inspecting and filtering state
- 20:18Sharing and deploying blueprints
- 23:56Integrating with production
- 27:38Automation and future outlook
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