Installing CFEngine

CFEngine comes in two versions:

  • CFEngine Enterprise, a licensed edition for enterprises that plan to use the tool in production environments. The Enterprise edition can be evaluated for free (up to 25 servers).

  • CFEngine Community, a free GPL v3 open source edition.

The following installations are available:

CFEngine Enterprise

All installations feature instructions and tutorials. One tutorial teaches you how to use the Mission Portal console; the others help your learn the CFEngine language and functionality.

Choose the installation that best suits your needs.

CFEngine Enterprise (Evaluation: 25 free servers)

CFEngine Enterprise (Production)

Install CFEngine Enterprise for production.

CFEngine Community

Install and test the latest version of Community.

In addition to instructions, the section also includes simple tutorials to get you started, followed by more advanced tutorials to help your learn the CFEngine language and functionality.