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Configuration Management Solutions with CFEngine 3
Full Day
(9:00 am-5:00 pm)
Marina 6
Description:
Following a complete rewrite of CFEngine with its popular new syntax and powerful pattern matching capabilities, this full-day class presents an introduction suitable for new users, as well as for users of CFEngine 2. The class is peppered with configuration examples, which can now be self-contained and modularized to an unprecedented degree in the new language.
Who should attend:
Anyone with a basic knowledge of configuration management who is interested in learning the next-generation tool.
Take back to work:
An understanding of the new features of the completely rewritten CFEngine 3, including its new syntax and benefits.
Topics include:
- Moving from ad hoc scripts to automation
- The importance of convergence
- The Promise model
- Templates and data types
- Quickstart configuration
- Creating configuration libraries
- Upgrading from CFEngine 2
- Example configurations and demos
- Achieving compliance with standards and regulations
- CFEngine on Windows and the Registry
- Monitoring and self-healing
- Brief overview of the community and commercial CFEngine roadmap
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