Re: Step by Step Startup ??

[David Douthitt]

David Masterson wrote:
> Forgive the strange quoting below -- Novell's  Groupwise isn't very
> flexible.

What I did at times with Groupwise was to cut the text into gvim (or
other suitable text editor) and add the quoting there, as well as any reply.

Then paste all of the text back into the Groupwise message box.

> Thanks for the info.  What I'm thinking of is:
>
> 1. Download CFEngine (I had problems finding the download location
> from cfengine.org).

This seems odd; isn't there a link on the very first page at the top?

> 2. untar, configure, and make install (this is
> documented, but could be moved up to a "Quick Start" section).

In many packages, this is described by a generic instruction text.

> 3. Do
> "this" to cause /var/cfengine to be setup (this is missing).

"this" is configuration, including update.conf and cfagent.conf.

> 4. Test
> cfengine with this cfagent.conf (this is missing).

This is done by using the right options with cfagent.

> 5. Install this
> basic update.conf/cfservd.conf (sort of documented on cfengine.org).

If you've done steps 3 and 4, you already have at least some of these files.

> Basically a fleshed out "Quick Start" section to help people get up
> and running.  This is useful to *both* people who've read the
> documentation (it gives them a good example) and people who have not.

For me, the most confusing part initially was that there was no 
cfengined - or anything like it.  In reality, the program is cfagent.

There also is typically no startup file for cfagent - since it runs as a 
cronjob or on demand.  However, a startup file to run cfagent "on 
demand" is often recommended to help keep a system up-to-date, and to 
install needed upgrades on the first boot.

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David Douthitt
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