CFEngine is an open-source configuration management tool that works across different operating systems, including FreeBSD. This tutorial will guide you through the steps to install CFEngine on the FreeBSD Latest version.
Before you start, make sure that your server has a fresh installation of FreeBSD Latest with root privileges.
CFEngine requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. To install the dependencies, run the following command:
pkg install -y cmake openssl
To download CFEngine, visit the CFEngine download page. After filling out the form, you will be redirected to the download page.
Download the latest version of CFEngine for FreeBSD from the website or use the following command:
fetch -o cfengine.tar.gz https://cfengine-package-repos.s3.amazonaws.com/tarballs/community/3.17/cfengine-community-3.17.0.tar.gz
Once the download is complete, extract the tarball with the following command:
tar -xvzf cfengine.tar.gz
Change into the directory where you extracted the tarball, configure and build CFEngine with the following commands:
cd cfengine-community-3.17.0/
./configure
gmake
Note: The gmake command may take some time to complete.
After building CFEngine, install it with the following command:
gmake install
To verify the installation, run the following command:
cf-agent --version
This should display the version of CFEngine that is installed on your system.
In this tutorial, you learned how to install CFEngine on FreeBSD Latest. Now you can use CFEngine to manage your system configuration.
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