We are pleased to announce two new patch releases for CFEngine, version 3.21.7 and 3.24.2! These patch releases contain bug fixes and dependency updates. Changes As these are patch releases for long term supported (LTS) branches of CFEngine, there are no new major features included. Complete …
Disclaimer: This post focuses on Debian-based and Fedora/RHEL-based distributions and packaging. Everybody using a GNU/Linux distribution most likely knows that packages used by the given distribution are somehow signed and such signatures are somehow verified. Usually, this knowledge comes with the …
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 …
The latest release of cfbs (4.4.0 released April 4th, 2025) introduces the analyze command. Last time I used this (Show notes: The agent is in - Episode 47 - Preview of cfbs analyze) I had installed it from a git clone, now I want to go back to regular install command pipx uninstall cfbs pipx …
Is your CFEngine policy set a Frankensteinian monster of outdated files and custom tweaks? Take a look at tooling we have in development (cfbs analyze) to help shed light on the makeup of your policy set. In this episode the team showcases a new tool for analyzing CFEngine policy sets. Learn how to …
In the latest version of the CFEngine network protocol (filestream - v4), we leveraged librsync for efficient file copying using their Streaming API. While implementing the file streaming in CFEngine, I found that the documentation on the Streaming API was a bit unclear. Thus, I created two example …
The MPF or Masterfiles Policy Framework is intended to provide a stable base policy for installations and upgrades, and is used by both CFEngine Enterprise and CFEngine community. When you create a new cfbs project with cfbs init one of the questions is related to the MPF: Do you wish to build on …
Ever tried to wrangle a fleet of servers with just a text file? Nick shows how CFEngine can take advantage of genders for classification. In this episode, Nick dives into the configuration file, /etc/genders. Originally developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and currently maintained by …
When writing CFEngine policy we create files ending in the .cf extension but this alone won’t cause the policy to be parsed and evaluated. By default cf-agent runs ${sys.inputdir}/promises.cf. For a non-privileged user running cf-agent this will be in their $HOME directory: command cf-promises …
Did you notice that CFEngine 3.25.0 shipped with librsync as a new dependency? Lars joins Cody, Craig, Herman and Nick to show and tell the massive savings we can expect to see from librsync for remote file copies. Spoiler alert, Lars sees > 80% savings from a simple policy update between 3.24.0 …
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