CFEngine3 Node
Webhuis facilitates and encourages attendees to The CFEngine Roadshow to configure a blank VM of choice.
Contents
Pre requisities
Fair use policy
Every individual who is using the facilities of The CFEngine Roadshow states he or she complies with the following:
- Will follow the instuctions given during The CFEngine Roadshow
- Will not disturb The CFEngine Roadshow by any kind of attacks to any of the The CFEngine Roadshow systems, it is a live demonstartion not a Cracker Camp
- Will not copy Commercial Software to any of the common CFEngine Roadshow utility systems
- Will report if the number of bootstrapped agents exceeds the count of ten, in order to receive an award
Happy bootstrapping!
Create a blank Virtual Machine
Please have your bare Virtual Machine ready before you take part in The CFEngine Roadshow. Please install a bare machine and make it as lean as possible. You even do not need to install ssh, we probably replace it anyway, just use VNC.
We assume a KVM VM. Good descriptions for are avaiable here virt-install
Images
With efficient use of bandwidth in mind the preferred method of installation is a netinstall, we assume x86_64. The CFEngine Roadshow uses local mirrors and needs no external connection in order to be able to install and configure geust VM's.
CFEngine Community
| OS | Package |
|---|---|
| Debian CFEngine build | http://cfengine.package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/community_binaries/cfengine-community_3.6.2-1_amd64.deb |
| Debian Debian-team | Preferred, extra reward: https://github.com/Webhuis/Cfengine-debian |
| RPM based | http://cfengine.package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/community_binaries/cfengine-community-3.6.2-1.x86_64.rpm |
Naming convention
We use a naming convention in order to determine the role of a node*.
| Role | Mnemonic |
|---|---|
| apt_cacher | apt |
| ips_server | ips |
| nfs_server | nfs |
| webapp_server | webapp |
- Check this before you use the node, the mnemonics may change.
Use the last four octets of your Mac Address after the mnemonic as a unique identifier.
You can always check the CFEngine code that manages the role of the server here:
The CFEngine Node Role
CFEngine package
Please install CFEngine 3.6.2 for your distribution of choice.
Debian users are encouraged to build their own package from:
Debian-team
Instructions can be found here:
Debian-team Wiki
Supported Platforms
- Debian
- RHEL
- Suse
- Ubuntu
Please file a request if you do not find your preferred platform.
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