Cfengine
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Cfengine
http://www.cfengine.org/
Intended for sys admins, cfengine is a tool for setting up and maintaining BSD and System 5-like operating systems optionally attached to a TCP/IP network. The program focuses on a few key areas that scripts tend to mishandle. From a single configuration files (or set of files) you specify, using classes, your network configuration; cfengine then parses the file and carries out the instructions, warning you about errors (or fixing them) as it goes. You can think of cfengine as a very high level language, higher than Perl or shell: a single command can result in many hundreds of operations being performed on multiple hosts. You can also use it as a net-wide front end for 'cron.'
Documentation
User reference manual available in HTML, PDF, PostScript from http://www.iu.hio.no/cfengine/documentation.phtml; User tutorial available in HTML, PDF, PostScript from http://www.iu.hio.no/cfengine/documentation.phtml
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Licensing
| License | Verified by | Verified on | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| GPLv2orlater | Kelly Hopkins | 2455431.523 August 2010 |
Leaders and contributors
| Contact(s) | Role |
|---|---|
 Mark Burgess | Maintainer |
| David Masterson | Contributor |
| Knut-Havard Aksnes | Contributor |
Resources and communication
| Audience | Resource type | URI |
|---|---|---|
| Bug Tracking,Developer | mailto:bug-cfengine@gnu.org | |
| Support | mailto:help-cfengine@gnu.org | |
| Developer | Newsgroup | gnu.cfengine.bug |
| Support | Newsgroup | gnu.cfengine.help |
Software prerequisites
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This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 23 August 2010.
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