CLI applications as the building block for creating workstation profiles
Let me tell you a true story. A few years ago, one of my customers asked me to come up with a solution to build workstation configuration profiles for different roles within their company.
This is nothing new, you may say, and you are exactly right!
So, what makes this situation worth mentioning? What makes it special?
For many years, this used to be achieved using customized OS images, depending on the role you have in the organization. However, this comes at a cost:
- The cost of storage: These images tend to be large and hence require a lot of disk space to store them.
- The cost of OS updates: When a new OS version is introduced, the IT department must recreate all images.
- The cost of tools updates: When new versions of the tools utilized by the various profiles are introduced, the IT department must recreate the impacted images.
- The cost of frustration: Since computers are configured...
