Ever wanted to manipulate a string - temporarily - for an individual promise? Check out the with attribute and its special, $(with) variable. Sometimes you need some variation on a string for a specific case. Traditionally, to achieve this you’d simply define another variable. Here is a …
Looking for a way to concisely set a variable conditionally? Have you heard of ifelse()? In CFEngine, traditionally class expressions are used to constrain promises to different contexts. Setting a variable to different values based on context might look like this: /tmp/feature-friday-1.cf bundle …
Imagine having the power to identify the exact lines of your CFEngine policy that are slowing down your executions. In this episode, we’ll guide you through the art of profiling CFEngine policy for improved performance. In Episode 30 of “The agent is in,” Nick and team dive into …
Have you been interested in automating the testing of your CFEngine policy? Cody, Craig and Nick follow up on the Policy Examples episode and dive a bit deeper into testing. Nick walks through some policy and related tests that leverage lib/testing.cf from the Masterfiles Policy Framework and Craig …
This question was covered in The agent is in, Episode 27 - CFEngine Q&A: Policy questions. Given the following JSON, how can I get a list containing just the values of name? [ { "name": "Aurora", "description": "Illuminating" }, { "name": "Orion", …
This question was covered in The agent is in, Episode 27 - CFEngine Q&A: Policy questions. Testing is an important part of the software life-cycle. Writing tests for your CFEngine policy can help to bring improved assurance that your policy behaves as expected. Follow along and write your first …
Unlock the power of CFEngine with expert insights and get your burning policy questions. Cody, Craig and Nick discuss and answer CFEngine policy questions submitted by users. Video The video recording is available on YouTube: At the end of every webinar, we stop the recording for a nice and relaxed, …
I was chatting with someone recently about some security maintenance tasks and they were bemoaning that some software updates had turned into a yak shaving1. Updating this required updating that, required updating that on N hosts of varying platforms and flavors. So, they asked me how could they …
Been a CFEngine user for a while? Have you migrated to a cfbs managed policy set yet? Live from the Northern.tech Summit in Castell de Sant Mori1! Cody, Craig and Nick walk through the process of migrating a policy set to cfbs management. Go through the process yourself following the detailed …
Tired of hand crafting policy and arguing with people about spacing and alignment? Longing for regularity and easier scanning of your policy no matter who wrote it? Cody, Craig and Nick wrap up the second year of The agent is in with Miek Gieben, CFEngine Community user and author of cffmt, a …
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