Accessing CFEngine nightly packages

Did you know that nightly builds of CFEngine are available?

cf-remote is the most convenient way to get nightly packages. If you’re not familiar with it, or if you need a refresher, check out our other blog posts about cf-remote.

Listing packages

By default cf-remote list will emit a list of available releases and the URLs for the newest CFEngine Enterprise LTS release.

command
cf-remote list

output
Available releases: master, 3.20.0, 3.18.x, 3.18.2, 3.18.1, 3.18.0, 3.15.x, 3.15.6, 3.15.5, 3.15.4, 3.15.3, 3.15.2, 3.15.1, 3.15.0, 3.15.0b1
Using 3.18.2 LTS (default):
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/debian_9_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub_3.18.2-1.debian9_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/debian_10_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub_3.18.2-1.debian10_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/debian_11_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub_3.18.2-1.debian11_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/redhat_6_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub-3.18.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/redhat_7_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub-3.18.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/redhat_8_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub-3.18.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/ubuntu_16_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub_3.18.2-1.ubuntu16_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/ubuntu_18_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub_3.18.2-1.ubuntu18_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/hub/ubuntu_20_x86_64/cfengine-nova-hub_3.18.2-1.ubuntu20_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_debian9_x86_64/cfengine-nova_3.18.2-1.debian9_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_debian10_x86_64/cfengine-nova_3.18.2-1.debian10_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_debian11_x86_64/cfengine-nova_3.18.2-1.debian11_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_ubuntu16_x86_64/cfengine-nova_3.18.2-1.ubuntu16_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_ubuntu18_x86_64/cfengine-nova_3.18.2-1.ubuntu18_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_ubuntu20_x86_64/cfengine-nova_3.18.2-1.ubuntu20_amd64.deb
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_rhel6_x86_64/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.el6.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_rhel7_x86_64/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.el7.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_rhel8_x86_64/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.el8.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_suse11_x86_64/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.suse11.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_suse12_x86_64/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.suse12.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/agent_suse15_x86_64/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.suse15.x86_64.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/windows_i686/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1-i686.msi
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/windows_x86_64/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1-x86_64.msi
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/solaris_10_sparc/CFEcfengine-nova-3.18.2.1-solaris10-sparc.pkg
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/solaris_11_sparc/CFEcfengine-nova-3.18.2.1-solaris11-sparc.pkg
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/solaris_10_x86/CFEcfengine-nova-3.18.2.1-solaris10-i386.pkg
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/hpux/cfengine-nova-3.18.2.1-B.11.23-ia64.depot
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/aix_5_ppc/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.aix5.ppc.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/aix_5_ppc/cfengine.cfengine-nova-3.18.2.1.aix5.bff
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/aix_7_ppc/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.aix7.ppc.rpm
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/aix_7_ppc/cfengine.cfengine-nova-3.18.2.1.aix7.bff
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/agent/xfs_filesystem_image/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.x86_64.fs-img.pkg.tar.gz
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/misc/cfengine-masterfiles-3.18.2-1.pkg.tar.gz
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/misc/cfengine-nova-3.18.2-1.x86_64.pkg.tar.gz
https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/enterprise/Enterprise-3.18.2/misc/CFEngine_Enterprise_vagrant_quickstart-3.18.2-1.tar.gz

If you want to get a list of URLs for nightly packages from an LTS branch, specify the branch name as the version:

command
cf-remote --version 3.18.x list

output
Available releases: master, 3.20.0, 3.18.x, 3.18.2, 3.18.1, 3.18.0, 3.15.x, 3.15.6, 3.15.5, 3.15.4, 3.15.3, 3.15.2, 3.15.1, 3.15.0, 3.15.0b1
Using 3.18.x LTS:
http://buildcache.cfengine.com/packages/testing-pr/jenkins-3.18.x-nightly-pipeline-325/PACKAGES_HUB_x86_64_linux_debian_9/cfengine-nova-hub_3.18.3a.33cc458e4~22969.debian9_amd64.deb
[...]

Tip: Replacing list with download will download all the packages in the list, for cached use in other commands or for you to use manually. (Filenames are printed, files are stored in ~/.cfengine/cf-remote/packages/).

Tags and filtering

You can provide a space separated list of tags to filter the list. For example, if you want the URL for the very latest Enterprise Linux Hub package specify master as the version and add el7 hub.

command
cf-remote --version master list el7 hub amd64

output
Available releases: master, 3.20.0, 3.18.x, 3.18.2, 3.18.1, 3.18.0, 3.15.x, 3.15.6, 3.15.5, 3.15.4, 3.15.3, 3.15.2, 3.15.1, 3.15.0, 3.15.0b1
Using master:
http://buildcache.cfengine.com/packages/testing-pr/jenkins-master-nightly-pipeline-1113/PACKAGES_HUB_x86_64_linux_redhat_7/cfengine-nova-hub-3.21.0a.3c9610266-22964.el7.x86_64.rpm

Community

Of course, you can get CFEngine Community packages this way as well, just specify community as the edition:

command
cf-remote --version master list --edition community el7

output
Available releases: master, 3.20.0, 3.18.x, 3.18.2, 3.18.1, 3.18.0, 3.15.x, 3.15.6, 3.15.5, 3.15.4, 3.15.3, 3.15.2, 3.15.1, 3.15.0, 3.15.0b1
Using master LTS:
http://buildcache.cfengine.com/packages/testing-pr/jenkins-community-nightly-master-158/PACKAGES_x86_64_linux_redhat_7/cfengine-community-3.21.0a.432050af6-22949.el7.x86_64.rpm

Other assets

You can even get other assets like the the default policy set (Masterfiles Policy Framework):

command
cf-remote --version master list masterfiles

output
Available releases: master, 3.20.0, 3.18.x, 3.18.2, 3.18.1, 3.18.0, 3.15.x, 3.15.6, 3.15.5, 3.15.4, 3.15.3, 3.15.2, 3.15.1, 3.15.0, 3.15.0b1
Using master:
http://buildcache.cfengine.com/packages/testing-pr/jenkins-master-nightly-pipeline-1113/PACKAGES_x86_64_linux_redhat_7/tarballs/cfengine-masterfiles-3.21.0a.5d60668d3-1.pkg.tar.gz

Or the Vagrant quickstart environment:

command
cf-remote --version master list vagrant

output
Available releases: master, 3.20.0, 3.18.x, 3.18.2, 3.18.1, 3.18.0, 3.15.x, 3.15.6, 3.15.5, 3.15.4, 3.15.3, 3.15.2, 3.15.1, 3.15.0, 3.15.0b1
Using master:
http://buildcache.cfengine.com/packages/testing-pr/jenkins-master-nightly-pipeline-1113/PACKAGES_x86_64_linux_redhat_7/../vagrant_quickstart/builds/CFEngine_Enterprise_vagrant_quickstart-3.21.0a-1.tar.gz

cf-remote can do more than list URLs, install it and give it a try!

Nightly packages for CFEngine Community can also be found on our website, under Resources -> Downloads -> Nightly packages.

Accessing CFEngine nightly packages

Listing packages

Tags and filtering

Community

Other assets

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