External resources

Use the following links to learn more about CFEngine:

Reading

Learn by reading information brought to you by CFEngine experts:

• Learning CFEngine by Diego Zamboni

• CFEngine 3 Tutorial and Cookbook by Neil Watson, a Senior UNIX/Linux system admin and a CFEngine Champion.

• CFEngine Resources by Vertical Sysadmin, Inc, a sysadmin training company and an authorized CFEngine training partner.

• CFEngine Development blog Posts on configuration management best practices from the CFEngine team.

Training

• Online Training An introduction to CFEngine by our founder, Mark Burgess. These video recordings explain the basic principles and syntax of the CFEngine language and suggests some examples to try out.

• Beyond Automation Learn how to go beyond classical automation with CFEngine 3, one of the most established configuration management systems available. In this video tutorial, host and CFEngine creator Mark Burgess takes you on a tour of discovery from basic automation concepts to more complex examples, such as implementing distributed orchestration.

Tools

• Editors with syntax support

Sign up

• On-Site Training Sign up for professional training courses that provide a better understanding of CFEngine and how it can help improve configuration management in your organization.

• Contact us to get more info on training courses.

Support and community

Support desk

• CFEngine Enterprise Support desk Enterprise users have access to our support desk.

Forums

Help from our CFEngine community is available to all users on our Google Groups forums:

• Support for CFEngine Enterprise users Help for users who have downloaded the free version of CFEngine 3 Enterprise.

• help-cfengine General help for all your CFEngine questions.

Learning resources

Sometimes the best help is already written.

• Visit our learning resources for guides, demos, training videos, and tools.

Social media

Stay in touch. Follow us:

• CFEngine blog

• LinkedIn

• Twitter

• Facebook

• The #cfengine IRC channel on the libera.chat network.

If you want to learn more about how CFEngine can help you and your organization, contact us.

Contribute to CFEngine

CFEngine Github

• Code

• Documentation

Public Bug Tracker

• Bugs and improvement suggestions can be registered with our development team in our public bug tracker. Read the bug tracker information before you submit a bug.