CFEngine - The Tool and Language
About the Speaker
IT Administrator at University of Tennessee, Knoxville
I am an IT administrator for the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Department (EECS) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. I also keep a home infrastructure, which I give out to people for free, and which I use to test software. In my spare time, I enjoy board and video games, moonlighting as a sysadmin and software developer, and making life difficult for my awesome girlfriend and cats.
CFEngine is a system configuration and management tool with a rich history and a small footprint. It's also a language with a potentially steep learning curve at its core. In this talk, I'll introduce the two parts of the product, and I'll attempt to elucidate some of its advantages and disadvantages, as well as impart some of the wisdom acquired from actually deploying it.
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