Cfengine configuration directory

Structuring the cfagent.conf file

Relevant classes: any

If your configuration is getting large, you should think about splitting it up into logical modules. There is a recommended way to do this. Cfagent does not read imports like the include directives in other languages. It saves them until the end of the main file and reads them one by one. That means that any declarations that are made in imported files will not be seen by the the main file.

If you are going to import any files, then it is recommended that you import everything, with basic definitions coming first and specializations last.

Here is what a cfagent.conf file should look like. 

###
#
# BEGIN cfagent.conf (Only hard classes in this file )
#
###

import:

   #
   # Split things up to keep things tidy
   #


Relevant classes: 
 


   any::            
                    cf.groups
                    cf.main
                    cf.environ

   nexus::

                    cf.examsys

   any.!excepthost::
                    cf.site
                    cf.services
                    cf.motd
                    cf.printer
                    cf.www
                    cf.mail

   hpux::           cf.hpux
   debian.!matrix:: cf.debian
   redhat::         cf.redhat
   SuSE::           cf.suse
   solaris::        cf.solaris
   sun4::           cf.sun4
   ultrix::         cf.ultrix
   freebsd::        cf.freebsd

   homemachines::   cf.users
   matrix::         cf.matrix

###
#
# END cfagent.conf
#
###
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