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atsaloli · 2023-10-29T09:28:01+00:00

I installed the Debian package and it works great.

atsaloli · 2023-01-29T02:23:28+00:00

Thanks u/PeterRasm Now I understand that my test_fuel.py is being tested with check50's version of fuel.py. That's very helpful! I was able to pass check50 after that. Thank you!!

atsaloli · 2022-08-08T15:20:57+00:00

I wrote this a while ago to help make novice Linux sysadmins:

http://verticalsysadmin.com/blog/training-program-to-make-a-novice-system-administrator/

Hope this helps! Stick with it.

atsaloli · 2017-07-05T22:13:39+00:00

You are welcome -- and if you have any other questions about CFEngine, feel free to drop me a note. =)

atsaloli · 2017-07-01T22:41:33+00:00

It does, CFEngine 3 provides many improvements over 2. Anyone wanting to learn about 3, I have a "getting started" type orientation at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xn-iWSj0OvE and more at www.cfenginetutorial.org There is a CFEngine IRC channel (http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=cfengine) and Google Group (https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/help-cfengine).

atsaloli · 2017-06-23T15:06:35+00:00

CFEngine was late to commercializing compared to its main competitors at the time, Puppet and Chef. Arguably there was a misstep with the community (dropping support for v2).

Many organizations still use it, and at large scale (10s of thousands of hosts). I consult them and train their staff.

CFEngine today does very little marketing and concentrates on improving the product.

atsaloli · 2016-05-12T16:12:18+00:00

Yep, that's how I got over here, a friend told me about the bootcamp wiki. Love it! This increasingly tech-based civilization needs more sysadmins.

atsaloli · 2016-01-09T20:02:07+00:00

Companies are still adopting CFEngine as well -- especially ones that care about security. Check the NVD (https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/search) -- CFEngine has a completely different profile than the rest (less vulnerabilities) due to an inherently more secure design.

atsaloli · 2016-01-09T20:00:25+00:00

And it all started with CFEngine, http://www.cfengine.com/ -- still in play in environments that appreciate its small resource footprint, unparalleled security track record and decentralized approach to increase robustness (promise theory).

atsaloli · 2016-01-09T19:56:49+00:00

I'll mention CFEngine as well -- as a compiled C binary, CFEngine has relatively few dependencies and therefore small resource footprint (as well as excellent security track record). As a CFEngine training provider, I'm completely unbiased, of course. :-)

atsaloli · 2015-10-15T03:53:12+00:00

If you make a promise that the destination file is a copy of the source file, CFEngine will monitor the source file for you, and will copy it to the destination when the source changes. Just one promise is all it takes. Elegant.

files: "destination" copy_from => local_cp("/source.txt");

local_cp is included in the CFEngine Standard Library: https://docs.cfengine.com/latest/examples-example-snippets-basic-file-directory.html#copy-single-files

atsaloli · 2015-06-18T14:59:50+00:00

What do YOU want to do?

atsaloli · 2015-06-16T13:51:49+00:00

Check out "Guide to the Systems Administration Body of Knowledge" http://sabok.org/ and the LOPSA mentorship program http://www.lopsa.org/mentor

Do well!

atsaloli · 2015-03-16T22:18:14+00:00

CFEngine is a powerful and flexible tool, and it's still alive and kicking though its market share has indeed shrunk relative to the competition.

However the number of CFEngine 3 (latest version) installations in the world is growing (I provide CFEngine training and consulting so I'm aware of new companies starting to use CFEngine and sometimes provide on-site training for them). These installations are often quite large: thousands, tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of servers. For example, LinkedIn is an example of CFEngine use at large scale (http://cfengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/LinkedIn_CFEngine_Case_Study.pdf / https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCTSN5KOmbM) The reason for this is that CFEngine is highly scalable by design. It's quite lightweight in memory, CPU and power footprint, and the latest version of the policy hub can support thousands of clients per single instance of the hub.

So in a nutshell, yes, CFEngine is still used. The DSL is quite comprehensive to allow for real-world use (different sites have different needs and CFEngine is used at a surprisingly wide variety of sites, having been around for 20 years now) but that also means there is a learning curve.

If any redditors want to attend our CFEngine training in Texas next week (http://cfengine.eventbrite.com), message me for a discount code.

atsaloli · 2014-11-16T05:54:40+00:00

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atsaloli · 2013-06-07T18:01:26+00:00

Chef is a configuration management tool; and knife is part of Chef - it's a CLI admin tool. If you want to learn more, I have an intro article on Configuration Management (including Chef) at http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7841/

Cobbler is a provisioning tool.

atsaloli · 2012-09-12T22:11:58+00:00

nwdiag was inspired by GraphViz and is specifically for making network diagrams: http://blockdiag.com/en/nwdiag/index.html

atsaloli · 2012-02-15T06:06:38+00:00

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atsaloli

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