cfengine
- Host Configuration System
Aims:
- To locate documentation on cfengine
- To install and experiment with a basic cfengine
installation
- To prepare and plan Assignment2 Topic with your group
and the Tutor
Exercises
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Configuration software can be grouped into two or
three categories. What
are these categories?
Find some administration and configuration packages and decide which
category they belong to....What are the advantages of an automated
configuration tool?
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In a group examine the cfengine documentation
(local PDF)
and
in particular the Overview,
README
and
Tutorial
Exercise (local PDF) (Hint:
It may save time if you decide beforehand, which members
of the group are to scan each part of the documentation)
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Form a group of students. boot the Linux partition
on one or more PCs and download cfengine from the Links
page. Use the command: tar
-xvzf xxx.tar.gz to unpack the downloard file (where
"xxx.tar.gz"
is the filename).
Read the installation instructions and make a plan before attempting
to do the installation.
Note: You will need to obtain and install some
other software
!!
Keep a record of the steps you take while doing this and refer to your
tutor. Even if you are not able to get the installation to complete
correctly,
you will learn a lot about configuration tools in the process (:-)
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Discuss your assignment 2 with your tutor. Refine
your objectives to that
you can write a formal proposal of your group project, and include the
tasks to be performed and the timing and sequence of each task. Also,
define
which group member is responsible for each task. This will be your
project
proposal and may form the core of the documentation required for your
assignment
submission!! Hand this in to your tutor before the end of class, or as
arranged.
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