Nightly packages are very useful for testing new features of CFEngine. Right now (as of August 2020), nightly packages can be used to test out these new features:
- Compliance Reports.
- Mission Portal Dark Mode.
- New host info page with variable pinning and copy buttons.
Note that these features are in development, some parts may be unfinished or buggy. Nightly packages are not supported and should not be used in production environments.
cf-remote is a tool for automating the setup and installation of
CFEngine. It allows you to easily install CFEngine packages over SSH.
The tool is open source, and installation instructions are available on
GitHub:
https://github.com/cfengine/cf-remote
Downloading nightlies
Downloading packages using cf-remote is easy:
$ cf-remote --version master packages hub ubuntu
Available releases: 3.16.0, 3.15.x, 3.15.2, 3.15.1, 3.15.0, 3.15.0b1, 3.12.x, 3.12.5, 3.12.4, 3.12.3, 3.12.2, 3.12.1, 3.12.0
Using master:
Downloading package: '/Users/olehermanse/.cfengine/cf-remote/packages/cfengine-nova-hub_3.17.0a.db4bd2209~10418.ubuntu14_amd64.deb'
Downloading package: '/Users/olehermanse/.cfengine/cf-remote/packages/cfengine-nova-hub_3.17.0a.db4bd2209~10413.ubuntu16_amd64.deb'
Downloading package: '/Users/olehermanse/.cfengine/cf-remote/packages/cfengine-nova-hub_3.17.0a.db4bd2209~10418.ubuntu18_amd64.deb'
$
cf-remote defaults to the latest LTS release, so we specify --version master to get the latest nightly build from the master branch. The
packages command downloads packages. The two tags ubuntu and hub
are optional, and used to filter packages. Without them, cf-remote
would download packages for all the supported platforms.
You don’t have to use cf-remote to install these packages, they are just like our normal packages.
Installing nightlies
If you have ssh access to a host, with password-less sudo, you can use cf-remote to install packages:
$ cf-remote --version master install --hub ubuntu@54.217.161.96 --bootstrap 172.31.18.204
ubuntu@54.217.161.96
OS : ubuntu (debian)
Architecture : x86_64
CFEngine : Not installed
Policy server : None
Binaries : dpkg, apt
Package already downloaded: '/Users/olehermanse/.cfengine/cf-remote/packages/cfengine-nova-hub_3.17.0a.db4bd2209~10413.ubuntu16_amd64.deb'
Copying: '/Users/olehermanse/.cfengine/cf-remote/packages/cfengine-nova-hub_3.17.0a.db4bd2209~10413.ubuntu16_amd64.deb' to 'ubuntu@54.217.161.96'
Installing: 'cfengine-nova-hub_3.17.0a.db4bd2209~10413.ubuntu16_amd64.deb' on 'ubuntu@54.217.161.96'
CFEngine 3.17.0a.db4bd2209 (Enterprise) was successfully installed on 'ubuntu@54.217.161.96'
Bootstrapping: '54.217.161.96' -> '172.31.18.204'
Bootstrap successful: '54.217.161.96' -> '172.31.18.204'
The install command will find the same packages as packages did. If
they are already downloaded, they will be reused.
That’s it, the host has been bootstrapped, and Mission Portal is
running. You can open Mission Portal in your browser and start
exploring. (In my case above, it would be https://54.217.161.96).
