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Cfengine

CFEngine is a configuration management and automation framework that lets you securely manage your mission critical IT infrastructure. Created by Cfengine (Norway)

Free Open Source
Mac
Windows
Linux
Web

Ensure compliance
Define the desired state and configuration of your IT infrastructure, and CFEngine will automatically ensure that it complies.

Automate
Automatically roll out updates and changes to every node in your infrastructure, whether you have 50 or 50,000 nodes.

Everywhere
CFEngine uses autonomous agents which run on every node of your infrastructure, implementing your desired state and reporting back continuously. More Info »

Anywhere
CFEngine runs on the smallest embedded devices, on servers, in the cloud, and on mainframes, easily handling tens of thousands of nodes.

Links to official Cfengine sites

Official Website GitHub

Feature

Configuration Add a feature

Categories

Network & Admin OS & Utilities

Tags

data-center-automation it-infrastructure system-administration

Cfengine was added by bdheeman in Aug 2010 and the latest update was made in May 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Sep 2018. It's possible to update the information on Cfengine or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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