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I always wonder why cf-engine is so unpopular on HN. It has some nice advantages like no dependency on ssh or a scripting language. It is not as simple to get s
by qznc 11y ago
I always wonder why cf-engine is so unpopular on HN. It has some nice advantages like no dependency on ssh or a scripting language. It is not as simple to get started, though.
- atsaloli 11y agoI'm working on a CFEngine Tutorial to help people get started. I was inspired by Michael Hartl's "Learn Enough Tutorial Writing To Be Dangerous" talk at LA Ruby Conf to finally turn my CFEngine course materials into a book. It'll be my first commercial product so I'm excited! Edit: added link to mhartl's tutorial: http://www.learnenough.com/tutorial-writing http://www.learnenough.com/tutorial-writing
- betaby 11y agoAs a former user of puppet and chef, I would say cfengine has a higher entrance brier. It pays the efforts thought.
- ybx 11y agoIs SSH really a dependency you have to worry about though? Basically every server out there runs SSH.
- bovermyer 11y agoSSH's major problem here is performance. When you need to orchestrate dozens of servers with many separate tasks, then the slowdown is very noticeable.