Dewey Decimal004.068
SynopsisThe main audience for this book will be experienced system administrators of null-to-medium expertise with cfengine, although more advanced cfengine users may also find useful snippets and techniques. The goal of the book is to serve as a complement to the existing reference guides, not describing every single aspect of cfengine configuration but rather tracing a path through it with examples and techniques that can be put to work straight away. CFEngine is used by many companies that manage large datacenters, including Google, IBM, Facebook and HP. A large number of system administrators, by choice or by mandate, are getting introduced to cfengine in recent times, and they are looking for a good practical guide to the topic. Let us provide it to them., The main audience for this book will be experienced system administrators of null-to-medium expertise with cfengine, although more advanced cfengine users may also find useful snippets and techniques. The goal of the book is to serve as a complement to the existing reference guides, not describing every single aspect of cfengine configuration but ......, Get up to speed on CFEngine 3, the open source configuration management software that enables you to automate everything from one-server shops to enterprise computer networks. This hands-on introduction shows you how to use CFEngine 3 to implement and manage and your IT infrastructure in a sustainable, scalable, and efficient manner. Through numerous examples, you'll learn how to use CFEngine to perform tasks such as user management, software installation, and security. You'll also learn how to focus on higher-level issues of design, implementation and maintenance, knowing that CFEngine is handling the lower-level details for you automatically. Discover how far you can go with system automation, using CFEngine Become familiar with the software's principles, components, and policy structure Configure CFEngine step-by-step to perform routine tasks on your system Specify custom machine configuration without making changes by hand Get tricks and patterns that you can use in your own CFEngine policies Maintain separate CFEngine environments for development, testing, production, or other uses