On Thu, 2008-09-11 at 13:36 -0700, nate wrote:
Ric Moore wrote:
The file that the document is probably referring to is root's crontab
This looks informative:
http://www.cfengine.org/AutonomicCfengine.pdf
And of course the full reference guide
http://www.cfengine.org/docs/cfengine-Reference.html
It'll take time to learn, though before you go much further think about whether it's the right tool for you, it's good if you have at least a dozen or more systems that share a fairly common configuration. Not knowing what your environment is like I can't advise for/against a tool like cfengine.
My environment here is about 300 systems, and my cfengine config is about 8000 lines(I'll admit it's a fairly advanced config in my opinion at least, been using cfe for about 3 years now). Replacing the mess that was built by the people before I started this job. What a mess!
Part of our prisons project will be to set up centers with several servers and about 20 client machines each, in various locations. I'm on a steep learning curve here. I'm using Project Wonderland (Java) and picking up pieces here and there (jdk, jetty, or possibly Tomcat, etc.) when the edges don't match, needs a solution like cfengine. But, it bombed out with the "Danger! Will Robinson" test from the get-go. <sighs> That install example was written for Suse. So much for that one. Starting over again. Ric