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Nick Anderson, … Marco Marongiu5

Aug 20

Announcing CFEngine 3.27.0

Hi Markus There are two potential drawbacks in the dual-version approach that you should be aware of

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Announcing CFEngine 3.27.0

Hi Markus There are two potential drawbacks in the dual-version approach that you should be aware of

Aug 20

Jerome Jean Verleyen, Nick Anderson5

Aug 14

how to define groups_secondary in users

Excellent! Glad you found it helpful. On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 11:39 AM Jerome Verleyen <jerome.

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how to define groups_secondary in users

Excellent! Glad you found it helpful. On Fri, Aug 14, 2026 at 11:39 AM Jerome Verleyen <jerome.

Aug 14

Jul 10

Announcing CFEngine 3.28.0

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.28.0. This is a non

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Announcing CFEngine 3.28.0

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.28.0. This is a non

Jul 10

May 8

Announcing CFEngine 3.27.1 & 3.24.4

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.27.1 and 3.24.4,

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Announcing CFEngine 3.27.1 & 3.24.4

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.27.1 and 3.24.4,

May 8

Xander Cage, Nick Anderson2

Feb 25

3.27.X: Platform Support

Hi Chris, Hi, As AIX Support is dropped from 3.27 onwards few question came up… will all support for

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3.27.X: Platform Support

Hi Chris, Hi, As AIX Support is dropped from 3.27 onwards few question came up… will all support for

Feb 25

Marco Marongiu, Lars Erik Wik3

Feb 10

Invalid signature for the apt repository

Hi again bronto, We have updated the repositories. Can you please try again (see https://cfengine.com

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Invalid signature for the apt repository

Hi again bronto, We have updated the repositories. Can you please try again (see https://cfengine.com

Feb 10

Aleksey Tsalolikhin, … Nick Anderson3

Feb 9

CFEngineTutorial.org is back online

Aleksey Tsalolikhin <ale...@verticalsysadmin.com> writes: > Hi all, > > https://

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CFEngineTutorial.org is back online

Aleksey Tsalolikhin <ale...@verticalsysadmin.com> writes: > Hi all, > > https://

Feb 9

Jerome Jean Verleyen, Marco Marongiu4

Jan 16

How to insert a formated line in a file

On 16/01/2026 22:55, Jerome Jean Verleyen wrote: That was just i'm searching! Thank's a lot!

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How to insert a formated line in a file

On 16/01/2026 22:55, Jerome Jean Verleyen wrote: That was just i'm searching! Thank's a lot!

Jan 16

Berthold Cogel, Nick Anderson9

Jan 13

Problems while upgrading to latest cfengine-community LTS

Am 23.12.25 um 16:29 schrieb 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine: > Hey Berthold, > >

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Problems while upgrading to latest cfengine-community LTS

Am 23.12.25 um 16:29 schrieb 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine: > Hey Berthold, > >

Jan 13

12/15/25

Announcing CFEngine 3.21.8 & 3.24.3

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.8 and 3.24.3.

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Announcing CFEngine 3.21.8 & 3.24.3

Hello fellow CFEngineers, We are happy to announce the availability of CFEngine 3.21.8 and 3.24.3.

12/15/25

Markus Rexhepi-Lindberg, … Nick Anderson5

11/13/25

error: Open connections exceed FD_SETSIZE limit (1024 >= 1024)

Humm, this is on Ubuntu? How many hosts are you copying from in this way? I wonder if you could slice

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error: Open connections exceed FD_SETSIZE limit (1024 >= 1024)

Humm, this is on Ubuntu? How many hosts are you copying from in this way? I wonder if you could slice

11/13/25

Markus Rexhepi-Lindberg, … Nick Anderson10

11/12/25

policy_server.dat IP to DNS

Changing the IP address to a DNS address in the policy_server.dat for all the clients worked nicely

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policy_server.dat IP to DNS

Changing the IP address to a DNS address in the policy_server.dat for all the clients worked nicely

11/12/25

Jerome Jean Verleyen, … Nick Anderson3

10/22/25

How is define the maisl subject of cf_execd

It is a way to define some proper subjet? The documentation about that is not very clear to me: body

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How is define the maisl subject of cf_execd

It is a way to define some proper subjet? The documentation about that is not very clear to me: body

10/22/25

Markus Rexhepi-Lindberg, … Nick Anderson4

9/25/25

Great to hear that the el9 package works alright as a stop gap. Thanks for letting us know. On

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Great to hear that the el9 package works alright as a stop gap. Thanks for letting us know. On

9/25/25

H. Harun, Nick Anderson4

9/10/25

control_common_bundlesequence_end .. a bug??

This was merged and backported. https://northerntech.atlassian.net/browse/CFE-4588 On Tuesday,

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control_common_bundlesequence_end .. a bug??

This was merged and backported. https://northerntech.atlassian.net/browse/CFE-4588 On Tuesday,

9/10/25

Bob, … craig.c...@northern.tech15

9/8/25

set_variable_values_ini() with 3.18.2

The tickets show no activity. At this point it will have to rise to the top of our backlog or have a

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set_variable_values_ini() with 3.18.2

The tickets show no activity. At this point it will have to rise to the top of our backlog or have a

9/8/25

Jerome Jean Verleyen, … Nick Anderson8

8/15/25

Modify a YAML file

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

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Modify a YAML file

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

8/15/25

Jakub Wardyn, … Nick Anderson9

8/13/25

Newbie questions

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

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Newbie questions

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

8/13/25

Bob, … Nick Anderson7

7/9/25

Look-ahead regex, not matching?

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

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Look-ahead regex, not matching?

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

7/9/25

5/22/25

Announcing CFEngine 3.26.0

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

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Announcing CFEngine 3.26.0

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

5/22/25

5/16/25

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.

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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.

5/16/25

Beto, … Vratislav Podzimek8

3/4/25

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

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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

3/4/25

Beto, … Aleksey Tsalolikhin17

2/10/25

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

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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

2/10/25

thierry thunot, Lars Erik Wik3

2/3/25

Xml_set_value fonction problem

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

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Xml_set_value fonction problem

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

2/3/25

Alex Malowany, Nick Anderson3

1/27/25

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.

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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.

1/27/25

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

1/23/25

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

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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

1/23/25

thierry thunot, Lars Erik Wik4

1/20/25

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

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

1/20/25

1/7/25

Announcing CFEngine 3.25.0

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

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Announcing CFEngine 3.25.0

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

1/7/25

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

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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.

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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

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