Manage your phone like a server. In this episode, Craig brings CFEngine to Android with custom package modules and creative hacks.
Cody and Herman join Craig while he shares his journey of integrating CFEngine into a Fairphone 4 running /e/OS (a privacy-focused Android fork), using Termux to enable a Unix-like environment, and extending CFEngine’s capabilities to manage and inventory Android applications.
He talks about running Termux on Android to create a CFEngine-compatible environment, a custom package module to install APKs from GitHub, enabling inventory collection and version tracking via ADB. Craig showed how the collected data is displayed in Mission Portal, offering visibility into Android environments.
Craig also talks about other practical use cases, such as using CFEngine to purge large log files on a smartwatch to keep it functioning smoothly.
Video
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Links
- Connect on LinkedIn w/ Cody and Herman and on Mastodon w/ Craig.
- https://e.foundation/e-os/
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