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Vote for your favourite CFEngine bugs

Tags: cfengine configuration management

Posted on 2016-03-27

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CFEngine has switched to a JIRA bug system and this system allows us to vote for bugs. I encourage you to vote for your favourite bugs; here are mine:

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Simple CFEngine setup with EFL

Tags: cfengine EFL

Posted on 2015-10-13 by nwatson

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CFEngine can be confusing and frustrating for new users. I'll try to offer you a condensed and easy to follow procedure, including the EFL addon.

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Essential audit reports with Delta Reporting

Tags: cfengine delta reporting security

Posted on 2015-09-30 by nwatson

Delta Reporting dashboard Delta Reporting has simple yet powerful reports. See a gallery of essential ones here

Auditing hosts using CFEngine, EFL, and Delta Reporting

Tags: cfengine delta reporting EFL security software testing

Posted on 2015-09-18 by nwatson

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Sometimes you want to audit a host without changing it. This can be hard with CFEngine, but with EFL and Delta Reporting it's possible.

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Build better regular expressions in CFEngine

Tags: best practices cfengine pcre regex

Posted on 2015-08-20 by nwatson

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Regular expressions can vary from simple to WTF. Usually they tend toward the latter. What most don't realized, or are too lazy to use, is that regular expressions can be made to include friendly whitespace and comments. CFEngine is no exception.

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