Did you know CFEngine has Macros? They were first introduced in CFEngine 3.7 (back in 2015), and more have been introduced since then. Macros are convenient for preventing the parsing of a section of the policy. It is handy for protecting older binaries from getting tripped up on newer syntax the …
Ever want to manage subvalues in a configuration file? In episode 39 we talk about using field_edits in edit_line bundles. Cody and Craig join Nick as he prototypes and iterates on some policy showing how to manage subvalues in KEY = quoted values. A question raised during one of our recent post …
This is a heads up to anyone upgrading to CFEngine 3.24.0 or newer versions, about a small change that can be considered a breaking change. In CFEngine versions prior to 3.24.0, the CFEngine roles inventory attribute showed up in Mission Portal with the value policy_server for the hub, and as (Not …
Today, we are pleased to announce the release of CFEngine 3.24.0! The code word for this release is consistency. This release also marks an important event, the beginning of the 3.24 LTS series, which will be supported for 3 years. Several new features have been added since the release of CFEngine …
Do you know how to quickly see what variables and classes are defined? Often, while developing CFEngine policy it’s convenient to emit a variable value or a report based on the presence of a class. For example: bundle agent main { reports: "Unqualified hostname = …
Ever want to get some data into CFEngine? Have you heard about the def.json Augments file?1 Augments are JSON data files that allow you to define classes and variables very early during agent initialization, before policy. Augments are practical in a variety of ways. Perhaps most notably for …
Let’s talk about tags and how they can be useful for Inventory and Reporting. If you have been following along with the Feature Friday series you already heard about using tags to find currently defined classes, variables and bundles, but they are also very useful for reporting. In CFEngine …
For security reasons, you generally want to uninstall talk, samba, and apache2 in your infrastructure. However, on your webservers, which have the webserver CFEngine class defined, you might want Apache to be installed. With the conditional-installer module, you can put talk,samba,apache2 in the …
Did you know the Masterfiles Policy Framework (MPF) ships with a host info report? That’s right, you can simply run cf-agent --bundlesequence host_info_report and a report will be generated. command cf-agent --bundlesequence host_info_report output R: Host info report generated and available …
Interested to see what’s new in the next LTS version (3.24) of CFEngine? Nick joins Craig and Cody to see what’s coming in 3.24. From the new groups feature which allows you to assign data to a group of hosts to improvements in filtering and new functionality in Build and other changes …
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