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Welcome! This is the documentation for CFEngine 3.16.0.
Parts of the documentation:
What's new in latest release?
includes what is new, supported platforms, how to upgrade
Tutorial
learn how to install, write policy and get automation going
Language Reference
describes syntax and language elements
Examples
a set of examples, including “hello world”
Enterprise version
documentation related to the commercial version
Library Reference
overview of all promises and attributes
FAQs
frequently asked questions (and answers :)
Shortcuts:
Components
Cf-agent, cf-serverd, cf-execd, cf-promises, etc.
Language concepts
Bundles, Bodies, Promises, Classes and Decisions, Variables, etc.
Promise types (aka resources to be managed)
processes, packages, users, files, storage, services, etc
Masterfiles framework
how to manage and tweak CFEngine itself
Decision making in CFEngine
hard classes, soft classes,
Functions
complete lists of all functions