Forum: Cfengine Help Subject: Server and client daemons, execution flow Author: mwlarsen Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,17825,17825#msg-17825
I installed Cfengine3 from a distribution-specific rpm. By default, the rpm installs an init script that starts cf-serverd, cf-execd and cf-monitord. I gather that I don't want cf-serverd running on clients. Can someone verify the following? Daemons that normally run on a Cfengine3 server: cf-serverd cf-execd cf-monitord Daemons that normally run on a Cfengine3 client: cf-execd cf-monitord If this is true, would the following be the correct procedure and flow for configuring a new client? Assuming the server is configured and running: Install the Cfengine3 rpm on the client machine Disable cf-serverd startup in the init script Run the init script and start cf-execd and cf-monitord Initiate a key exchange between the server and the new client Run cf-agent to grab the inputs from the server (which I assume is everything in /var/cfengine/inputs on the server) The agent configures itself from the inputs it fetched from the server If this is not correct, can someone post a very simple description of the mechanics of Cfengine server and client interaction? It seems like the reference and tutorials are all about the language, and I need to understand the basic mechanics before I get into that. Thanks in advance. _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
