Introduction to Automating System Administration with Cfengine

Modern system administration automates configuration management using state of the art tools. Here is an introduction to Cfengine, the open source configuration management tool with the longest track record, a large user base, and cutting edge features.

System administrators will take back to work an understanding of Cfengine 3 including it's syntax and benefits, and will be able to start using it.

Topics include:
* Moving from ad hoc administration to automation
* The importance of convergence and self-healing
* The Promise model
* Data types
* Quickstart configuration
* Example configurations and demos