ControlTier is a complete system for automatingthe build, release, deployment, and configurationof multi-tier application services. It enables youto specify a configuration and procedural modelfor an integrated application stack (e.g. a LAMPstack), and then use that model to build, package,deploy, configure, and control that stack as onelogical entity into any environment. It includesremote execution and logical command dispatching,automation, versioning and full rollbackcapabilities, logging and reporting, fine grainedaccess controls, change detection andconfiguration validation, application statusdiscovery, log monitors to catch startupexceptions, and GUI and command line tools.License: Open Software LicenseChanges:
This release features new tools: CTL, a controldispatching framework for scripting distributedautomation; JobCenter, a Web-based commandexecution with a built-in scheduler; andReportCenter, a tool for tracking operationalactivity as it happens and generating historicalreports. Various automation libraries were alsoupdated.