CFEngine Blog

The CFEngine team posts here about upcoming releases, new exciting features and thoughts about configuration management software, configuration management best practices and their own experiences.

CFEngine and Ubuntu go back to University

by the editor - June 14, 2010

Users at Oslo University will soon be offered the Ubuntu operating system on their laptops and desktop machines, and it will come with fully automated CFEngine management.

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When Ubuntu LTS Server Edition made the radical decision to offer Long Term (five year) support for its server edition software, it sparked the potential to make a significant impact on data center mangagement.

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Zenoss and CFEngine integrate!

by the editor - June 10, 2010

Zenoss is fast becoming a recognized leader for commercial open source monitoring. It offers a single model-based product to seamlessly manage physical, virtual and cloud based infrastructure. Its power lies in its flexible combination of network discovery and data presentation, and it makes an ideal partner for Cfengine's under-the-hood self-healing technology.

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CFEngine shines through the cloud

by the editor - June 09, 2010

Cloud woes? CFEngine made its Orion Cloud Pack available last week, as a 1-2-3 quick-start for users of its CFEngine 3.0.x family of products. Continuing the astronomical theme of the company, the page sports the slogan "Get the cloud under Orion's belt" -- a reference to the M42 Nebula in which is located, where else, just under the famous three stars of Orion's belt.

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CFEngine 3 Manages the Open Nebula Cloud at SARA

by the editor - June 04, 2010

The Netherlands are well known for pushing the boundaries of IT to support scientific initiatives. The Dutch Supercomputing Centre SARA (Stichting Academisch Rekencentrum) is one of the top 500 supercomputing sites in the world and has been an ardent CFEngine user for many years. In keeping with this cutting edge profile, SARA has been turning to the latest developments in CFEngine to offer cloud services to Dutch researchers.

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