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20 Sep 2018

missing_ok and multiple augments in 3.12.0

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At SURFsara we use CFEngine on our National Compute Cluster (LISA) and other systems as our configuration management tool. With the release of CFEngine 3.12 I...
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29 Aug 2018

Restricting CFEngine to one CPU core using Systemd

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In some performance critical situations, it makes sense to limit management software to a single CPU (core). We can do this using systemd and cgroups. CFEngine...
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28 Jun 2018

CFEngine 3.12.0 LTS Released

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Today we are happy to announce the general availability of CFEngine 3.12.0 LTS! This release has a lot of new features, and we are very excited about...
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8 May 2018

CFEngine 3.12.0 LTS beta released!

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Today we are happy to announce the general availability of CFEngine 3.12.0 LTS beta. The release of 3.12.0 beta took longer than expected. As a result we...
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2 May 2018

CFEngine 3.7.8 LTS and 3.10.4 LTS released!

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We’re happy to announce the maintenance releases 3.7.8 LTS and 3.10.4 LTS today! 3.7.8 LTS and 3.10.4 LTS, being maintenance (aka patch) releases, the goal is to increase stability and...
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6 Feb 2018

CFEngine 3.7.7 LTS and 3.10.3 LTS released!

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We're happy to announce the maintenance releases 3.7.7 LTS and 3.10.3 LTS today! 3.7.7 LTS and 3.10.3 LTS, being maintenance (aka patch) releases, the goal is to increase...
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13 Sep 2017

CFEngine 3.7.6 released!

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We're happy to announce that CFEngine 3.7.6 is released! With 3.7 being a stable LTS branch, 3.7.6 brings bug fixes and stability enhancements to the CFEngine customers and...
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16 Aug 2017

Security Through Automation

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Today’s approach to securing IT infrastructure is passé. In a dynamic world of unpredictable and often frequent infrastructure changes, the traditional approach to security falls short....
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11 Aug 2017

CFEngine 3.10.2 LTS and 3.11.0 non-LTS released!

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We're happy to announce the maintenance release 3.10.2 LTS and the new 3.11.0 non-LTS release today! 3.10.2 LTS, being a maintenance (aka patch) release, the goal is to increase...
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20 Jun 2017

Discovering SSL Certificates and Expirations

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With more and more services using SSL keeping track of the certificates in use across a global infrastructure can be challenging. The inventory reporting features in...
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