Re: File and folder rights

The _best_ solution, in my opinion, is the Enterprise edition of CFEngine.
It aggregates all this information (ip, hostname, version of software
etc... )  automatically in a PostgreSQL database.  All you have to do is
run reports which you can through the Web UI or directly on the CLI (my
preference).   :)

Best,
Aleksey

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On Fri, May 21, 2021 at 6:56 AM 'Nick Anderson' via help-cfengine <
[email protected]> wrote:

> thierry thunot <[email protected]> writes:
>
> Hello Nick, Thanks again for giving me lots of tips on using Cfengine. I
> learn about it every day! I will once again follow your recommendations and
> split the promise into several bundles to respect your advice.
>
> Great, glad that it helps!
>
> I guess before you head down that path too far, I should also point out
> the host_info_report in the MPF. Were you aware of it? The bundle is not
> run automatically by default, but it's there for use, you could call it
> from your policy with a *methods* type promise, you could modify it to
> your needs (but that introduces a maintenance burden), or you could use it
> for inspiration in building something similar for yourself.
> Listing 1: Run the host info report budle to generate a report and view it
>
> exec 2>&1
> cf-agent -K --bundlesequence host_info_report
> cat /var/cfengine/reports/host_info_report.txt
> :
>
> R: Host info report generated and available at '/var/cfengine/reports/host_info_report.txt'
> # Host Information
> Generated: Fri May 21 13:45:47 2021
>
> ## Identity
> Fully Qualified Hostname: redacted.cfengine.com
> Host ID: SHA=727dd7f6f8b2344c6d69cf1d3ed0446c0f9f095ce1a114481d691bf1cb2b300d
>
> ## CFEngine
> Version: CFEngine Enterprise 3.17.0
> Last Agent Run: 2021-05-21 13:42:23 UTC
> Policy Release ID: f14044dd0a7bae7465d08d9b7013c9171c16c312
> Policy Last Updated: 2021-05-21 13:45:09 UTC
> Bootstrapped to: redacted
>
> ## OS
> Architecture: x86_64
> Os: linux
> Release: 3.10.0-1127.18.2.el7.x86_64
> Flavor: centos_7
> Version: #1 SMP Sun Jul 26 15:27:06 UTC 2020
> Uptime: 403082 minutes
>
> ## Hardware
> No. CPUs: 2
> Total Memory: 3789.36 MB
> Total Swap: 0.00 MB
> Free Memory: 442.62 MB
> Free Swap: 0.00 MB
>
> ## Network
>
> ### Interfaces
>   * eth0: IPv4 10.17.0.13
>   * eth0: up broadcast running multicast
>   * lo: IPv4 127.0.0.1
>   * lo: up loopback running
>
> ### IPv4 TCP Ports listening
>   * 25
>   * 5432
>   * 22
>   * 111
>
>
> ## Policy
>
> Information about the policy set on this host.
>
> ### Inventory
>
> #### Variables tagged for inventory
>
> redacted
>
> ### Enterprise maintanance bundles available
>     cfengine_enterprise_federation:entry
>     default:cfe_internal_clear_last_seen_hosts_logs
>     default:cfe_internal_enterprise_policy_analyzer
>     default:cfe_internal_refresh_events_table
>     default:cfe_internal_refresh_hosts_view
>     default:cfe_internal_refresh_inventory_view
>     default:cfe_internal_update_health_failures
>
> Actually I need to transfer a lot of data (ip, hostname, version of
> software etc… ) automatically from my cfengine clients using files, for
> inventory for example. I am using the Reports function. I create a file on
> my client which I then transfer via SCP to a directory on another resource.
>
> Is it the best solution or do you advise me to use another function?
>
> Well, I am glad you asked. First, I am of course bias, but, I think
> CFEngine Enterprise is the *best* solution for this. You don't have to do
> anything special, you just get centralized reporting. As far as continuing
> down the path you are on, I would nudge you away from using the *reports*
> type promise for what you are doing. At least as best I can tell, a files
> type promise to manage the full content of a file would be much more
> straight forward and appropriate for your use case. I think reports
> promises to a file are more appropriate for logging.
>
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