How to Install CFEngine on FreeBSD Latest

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.

Prerequisites

Before you start, make sure that your server has a fresh installation of FreeBSD Latest with root privileges.

Step 1: Install Prerequisites

CFEngine requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. To install the dependencies, run the following command:

pkg install -y cmake openssl

Step 2: Download CFEngine

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

Step 3: Extract CFEngine

Once the download is complete, extract the tarball with the following command:

tar -xvzf cfengine.tar.gz

Step 4: Build CFEngine

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.

Step 5: Install CFEngine

After building CFEngine, install it with the following command:

gmake install

Step 6: Verify Installation

To verify the installation, run the following command:

cf-agent --version

This should display the version of CFEngine that is installed on your system.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install CFEngine on FreeBSD Latest. Now you can use CFEngine to manage your system configuration.