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Rossberry CFEngine RPMS and related files

-A INPUT -i INTERFACENAME -p tcp -m tcp --dport 5308 -j ACCEPT

will work.

• rossberry_cf modify with IP of the master server, mailhost, and subnet and place in /etc/sysconfig on both the client and master(used by the installation scripts in the client rpm)
• CFEngine rpm built from the Community sources with Russ Herrold's assistance
• Rossberry client rpm will update itself from the designated master
• Rossberry master rpm setup a master, then update the master
• Rossberry client srpm SRPM for the client
• Rossberry master srpm SRPM for the master

Installation steps

1. Select the master
2. Install the cfengine rpm
3. Place rossberry_cf in /etc/sysconfig and update with the IP and subnet of the master
4. Install rossberry-cf-master rpm
5. You should see
   Q: ".../bin/date": Wed Apr 20 07:57:02 CDT 2011
I: Last 1 quoted lines were generated by promiser "/bin/date"
R: Hello, world.
Q: ".../bin/date": Wed Apr 20 07:57:03 CDT 2011
I: Last 1 quoted lines were generated by promiser "/bin/date"
R: Hello, world.
on the screen and in /var/log/messages. There should also be an empty file called /tmp/CFENGINE_WORKS and one called /cf-test.txt.
6. run
   echo "#Hi" > /var/cfengine/masterfiles/inputs/hi.cf
cf-agent -K
cat /var/cfengine/inputs/hi.cf
   and the file should now exist with the expected content.
7. On the client, install the cfengine rpm
8. Copy rossberry_cf to /etc/sysconfig and change the IP for the master and the allowed hosts (should be the master)
9. Install the rossberry-cf-client rpm
10. You should see
    Q: ".../bin/date": Wed Apr 20 07:57:02 CDT 2011
    I: Last 1 quoted lines were generated by promiser "/bin/date"
    R: Hello, world.
    Q: ".../bin/date": Wed Apr 20 07:57:03 CDT 2011
    I: Last 1 quoted lines were generated by promiser "/bin/date"
    R: Hello, world.
    on the screen and in /var/log/messages. There should also be an empty files called /tmp/CFENGINE_WORKS, and /cf-test.txt, and /var/cfengine/inputs/hi.cf should exist. (It will have been copied from the master).
11. You can create another file in master:/var/cfengine/masterfiles/inputs, run cf-agent -K on either the master or the client and it should be copied to /var/cfengine/inputs on the machine you are running on. Note that the file cannot be empty and all lines should be commented out until you understand the syntax.
12. If you create a file in /var/cf-rootdir and run cf-agent -K that file will be copied into the file structure of the machine you are on. This will replace existing files!! If you create /var/cf-rootdir/etc/passwd, if will be replaced!