You started with Ansible, and for a long time it was the only thing you needed. With a handful of playbooks and an inventory file, you got the job done. However, as the fleet grew, runs went from taking minutes to hours, and parts of the inventory were unreachable at any given moment. This is not an …
Take a fast thing and make it faster. In this Christmas special, Nick and Herman chat about the new built-in profiling support for cf-agent in the upcoming release. The upcoming 3.27 LTS release introduces a first-class profiling capability directly into cf-agent. Unlike previous solutions (like …
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Is your CFEngine policy set a Frankensteinian monster of outdated files and custom tweaks?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 …
For the final post in the Feature Friday series I am here to tell you about something I use nearly hourly, ob-cfengine3 which extends Emacs Org Babel for executing CFEngine policy. ob-cfengine3 has been around for a little over seven years now and it has saved me countless hours, seconds at a time. …
Looking for a tool to help you format your CFEngine policy? Have you heard of cffmt? You might recall that we had a chat with the author, Miek Gieben in The agent is in - Episode 24.1 In case you missed it, cffmt is a command line tool for formatting CFEngine policy files, like gofmt for .cf files.2 …
Ever want a custom CFEngine Agent logo? Check out agentsvg. You can find agentsvg in core/contrib/ it’s a python script that can generate CFEngine agent logos. python3 ./agentsvg.py > agent.svg python3 ./agentsvg.py --body="#f5821f" --head="#052569" > …
You have probably heard of cowsay, but have you heard of agentsay? Just in case you haven’t seen the greatness of cowsay, here is an example: command cowsay "Gee, I wish I was a cf-agent!" output _______________________________ < Gee, I wish I was a cf-agent! > …
Found a bug, asking for help? Use cf-support to collect info quickly. cf-support was born from interactions supporting Enterprise customers to streamline data collection and was introduced in late 2022 with the release of 3.18.31 and 3.21.02. Furthermore, it was featured on The Agent is In3 episode …
Will your policy work? cf-promises can check the CFEngine policy for syntax errors and give you an overview of the host’s context. It’s always a good idea to check your policy for syntax errors. Consider this policy file: /tmp/feature-friday-6.cf bundle agent feature_friday { reports: …
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