Groups

help-cfengine

Contact owners and managers

1–30 of 7016

This is the CFEngine Help Forum (also distributed to mailing list).

0 selected

Jerome Jean Verleyen, … Nick Anderson8

Aug 15

Modify a YAML file

I forgot totaly the magic of the list in Cfengine, with automatic loops ! That's make all the

unread,

Modify a YAML file

I forgot totaly the magic of the list in Cfengine, with automatic loops ! That's make all the

Aug 15

Jakub Wardyn, … Nick Anderson9

Aug 13

Newbie questions

Thank you for the clarifications, I think I also understand CFEngine a bit better. Great. Installing

unread,

Newbie questions

Thank you for the clarifications, I think I also understand CFEngine a bit better. Great. Installing

Aug 13

Bob, … Nick Anderson7

Jul 9

Look-ahead regex, not matching?

Thanks, Nick. FYI - I updated to "core" 3.24.2. I tried the following scenarios after the

unread,

Look-ahead regex, not matching?

Thanks, Nick. FYI - I updated to "core" 3.24.2. I tried the following scenarios after the

Jul 9

May 22

Announcing CFEngine 3.26.0

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.26.0! This is a non

unread,

Announcing CFEngine 3.26.0

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.26.0! This is a non

May 22

May 16

Announcing CFEngine 3.21.7 & 3.24.2

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.7 and 3.24.2.

unread,

Announcing CFEngine 3.21.7 & 3.24.2

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.7 and 3.24.2.

May 16

Bob, … Nick Anderson13

Apr 8

set_variable_values_ini() with 3.18.2

No, I don't see any changes to either ticket recently. On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 1:52:40

unread,

set_variable_values_ini() with 3.18.2

No, I don't see any changes to either ticket recently. On Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 1:52:40

Apr 8

Beto, … Vratislav Podzimek8

Mar 4

Moving /var/cfengine

Welp, /var/cfengine ran out of space so I had to bite the bullet. This is what I used: rsync -X -avz

unread,

Moving /var/cfengine

Welp, /var/cfengine ran out of space so I had to bite the bullet. This is what I used: rsync -X -avz

Mar 4

Beto, … Aleksey Tsalolikhin17

Feb 10

Package promise had no package_method attribute

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM td..@servicemusic.org.uk <td...@servicemusic.org.uk> wrote: We

unread,

Package promise had no package_method attribute

On Thu, Jan 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM td..@servicemusic.org.uk <td...@servicemusic.org.uk> wrote: We

Feb 10

thierry thunot, Lars Erik Wik3

Feb 3

Xml_set_value fonction problem

That's exactly it, the file is malformed I will share it with the Wazuh developers Thank's Le

unread,

Xml_set_value fonction problem

That's exactly it, the file is malformed I will share it with the Wazuh developers Thank's Le

Feb 3

Alex Malowany, Nick Anderson3

Jan 27

CFEngine running under FIPS

Thank you, I'll take that back to the team. On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 6:39:09 PM UTC nick.a.

unread,

CFEngine running under FIPS

Thank you, I'll take that back to the team. On Friday, January 24, 2025 at 6:39:09 PM UTC nick.a.

Jan 27

t.d...@servicemusic.org.uk, Nick Anderson2

Jan 23

main vs. mpf_main: just checking...

Hi David, We are now mostly 3.18 for binaries and for MPF. We need to begin the journey to 3.21. For

unread,

main vs. mpf_main: just checking...

Hi David, We are now mostly 3.18 for binaries and for MPF. We need to begin the journey to 3.21. For

Jan 23

thierry thunot, Lars Erik Wik4

Jan 20

Glad to hear that it worked out :) On Monday, January 20, 2025 at 2:14:20 PM UTC+1 tth...@gmail.com

unread,

Glad to hear that it worked out :) On Monday, January 20, 2025 at 2:14:20 PM UTC+1 tth...@gmail.com

Jan 20

Jan 7

Announcing CFEngine 3.25.0

Happy New Year fellow CFEngineers! We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.25.0.

unread,

Announcing CFEngine 3.25.0

Happy New Year fellow CFEngineers! We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.25.0.

Jan 7

t.d...@servicemusic.org.uk, Nick Anderson3

12/5/24

Can cf-agent easily know about "systemd" state/target, etc.?

Thanks, Nick. That gives us a good direction to explore. -- David Lee On Thursday, 5 December 2024 at

unread,

Can cf-agent easily know about "systemd" state/target, etc.?

Thanks, Nick. That gives us a good direction to explore. -- David Lee On Thursday, 5 December 2024 at

12/5/24

12/4/24

Announcing CFEngine 3.21.6 and 3.24.1

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.6 and 3.24.1.

unread,

Announcing CFEngine 3.21.6 and 3.24.1

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.6 and 3.24.1.

12/4/24

Jerome Jean Verleyen, Nick Anderson3

11/22/24

Regex explanation..

Le 21/11/2024 à 14:39, 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine a écrit : Your regex seems incorrect

unread,

Regex explanation..

Le 21/11/2024 à 14:39, 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine a écrit : Your regex seems incorrect

11/22/24

Jerome Jean Verleyen, Nick Anderson5

11/21/24

Found out all of the nics cards on a system

Le 20/11/2024 à 22:34, Nick Anderson a écrit : > Without running it myself and inspecting the

unread,

Found out all of the nics cards on a system

Le 20/11/2024 à 22:34, Nick Anderson a écrit : > Without running it myself and inspecting the

11/21/24

9/16/24

Notice: Chat moved from IRC to Matrix

Hello fellow CFEngineers, In case you are looking for us on IRC, we wanted to let you know that we

unread,

Notice: Chat moved from IRC to Matrix

Hello fellow CFEngineers, In case you are looking for us on IRC, we wanted to let you know that we

9/16/24

Xander Cage, … Bas van der Vlies8

9/5/24

"returnszero" not working as expected

Zander, The current value is '1048576' and the class 'EN_NEEDS_CHANGE_SENDSPACE_en0'

unread,

"returnszero" not working as expected

Zander, The current value is '1048576' and the class 'EN_NEEDS_CHANGE_SENDSPACE_en0'

9/5/24

Martin Simons, … Vratislav Podzimek15

8/28/24

Checking variables holding IP Addresses....

On Mon, 2024-08-26 at 12:59 -0700, Martin Simons wrote: > Hi Vratislav, > Thank you for working

unread,

Checking variables holding IP Addresses....

On Mon, 2024-08-26 at 12:59 -0700, Martin Simons wrote: > Hi Vratislav, > Thank you for working

8/28/24

Beto, … Vratislav Podzimek12

8/20/24

Could not load requested further augments from file

Thanks, Vrata! I'm still trying to figure out the best way forward. On Tuesday, August 20, 2024

unread,

Could not load requested further augments from file

Thanks, Vrata! I'm still trying to figure out the best way forward. On Tuesday, August 20, 2024

8/20/24

Nick Anderson, … Bas van der Vlies5

8/3/24

Announcing CFEngine 3.24.0

Thanks everything is fixed and wil install the new cfengine version next week ;-) On 02/08/2024 18:25

unread,

Announcing CFEngine 3.24.0

Thanks everything is fixed and wil install the new cfengine version next week ;-) On 02/08/2024 18:25

8/3/24

Xander Cage, … craig.c...@northern.tech14

7/31/24

abort_bundle_classe are not working...somwhat

forget the previous message...the errors are logged... On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 7:47:55 AM UTC+

unread,

abort_bundle_classe are not working...somwhat

forget the previous message...the errors are logged... On Wednesday, July 31, 2024 at 7:47:55 AM UTC+

7/31/24

Stefan Skoglund, Nick Anderson3

7/9/24

conversion error (on windows)

ie something Like this: — "container" data => parsejson( execresult( "Get-

unread,

conversion error (on windows)

ie something Like this: — "container" data => parsejson( execresult( "Get-

7/9/24

Xander Cage, … Craig Comstock14

7/9/24

can not set up wrapper for module: nimclient

I checked on an AIX 7.1 instance we use for test/build/dev and see that ksh/aix has different

unread,

can not set up wrapper for module: nimclient

I checked on an AIX 7.1 instance we use for test/build/dev and see that ksh/aix has different

7/9/24

Xander Cage, Vratislav Podzimek2

7/9/24

time based classes

On Tue, 2024-07-09 at 07:21 -0700, Xander Cage wrote: > Hi, > > i read marks document about

unread,

time based classes

On Tue, 2024-07-09 at 07:21 -0700, Xander Cage wrote: > Hi, > > i read marks document about

7/9/24

7/4/24

error: Format error in histogram file

Hi, on some clients i observed this... notice: Q: ".../cf-agent" -f /": notice: Q:

unread,

error: Format error in histogram file

Hi, on some clients i observed this... notice: Q: ".../cf-agent" -f /": notice: Q:

7/4/24

Markus Rexhepi-Lindberg, … Vratislav Podzimek9

7/3/24

Bootstrap in chroot

Hello, I'm happy to let you know that we added [1] a new CLI option to cf-agent, --skip-bootstrap

unread,

Bootstrap in chroot

Hello, I'm happy to let you know that we added [1] a new CLI option to cf-agent, --skip-bootstrap

7/3/24

6/21/24

Announcing CFEngine 3.18.8 and 3.21.5

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.18.8 and 3.21.5.

unread,

Announcing CFEngine 3.18.8 and 3.21.5

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.18.8 and 3.21.5.

6/21/24

Bas van der Vlies, Vratislav Podzimek9

6/20/24

Question about the git custom promise type

On Thu, 2024-06-20 at 16:35 +0200, 'Bas van der Vlies' via help-cfengine wrote: > The

unread,

Question about the git custom promise type

On Thu, 2024-06-20 at 16:35 +0200, 'Bas van der Vlies' via help-cfengine wrote: > The

6/20/24

Search

Clear search

Close search

Google apps

Main menu