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<blockquote> Cfengine, or the [http://www.cfengine.org/cfdetails.html configuration engine] is an [http://www.cfengine.org/daystrom.html autonomous agent] and a middle to high level policy language and agent for building expert systems to administrate and configure large computer networks. Cfengine is designed to be a part of a computer immune system[http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark/research/immune]. It is ideal for cluster management and has been adopted for use all over the world in small and huge organizations
<blockquote> Cfengine, or the [http://www.cfengine.org/cfdetails.html configuration engine] is an [http://www.cfengine.org/daystrom.html autonomous agent] and a middle to high level policy language and agent for building expert systems to administrate and configure large computer networks. Cfengine is designed to be a part of a computer immune system[http://www.iu.hio.no/~mark/research/immune]. It is ideal for cluster management and has been adopted for use all over the world in small and huge organizations
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== cfengine commandline tips ==
=== cfagent use ===
Run an '''update''' of the configuration files '''now'''
  cfagent -Bqv
Run cfagent now
  cfagent -Kqv
Show what classes are active
  cfagent -pv
=== configfile maintenance ===
Create a list of directory entries from a given folder
  find /opt/ -type d -printf "%p o=%u g=%g mode=%m\n"
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Revision as of 23:49, 9 February 2007

From the site:

Cfengine, or the configuration engine is an autonomous agent and a middle to high level policy language and agent for building expert systems to administrate and configure large computer networks. Cfengine is designed to be a part of a computer immune system[1]. It is ideal for cluster management and has been adopted for use all over the world in small and huge organizations alike.


Usefull links
http://www.cfengine.org/ CFengine homepage
http://sial.org/howto/cfengine/ A cfengine howto

cfengine commandline tips

cfagent use

Run an update of the configuration files now

 cfagent -Bqv

Run cfagent now

 cfagent -Kqv

Show what classes are active

 cfagent -pv

configfile maintenance

Create a list of directory entries from a given folder

 find /opt/ -type d -printf "%p o=%u g=%g mode=%m\n"

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