Re: boot strap problem

[Thomas Glanzmann]

> Does anyone have an example of bootstrapping a new cfengine install. The
> problem I have is that after I install berkeleydb and cfengine, I have to
> run cfkey and then ssh this key to a master host. Problem is, I use cfengine
> for all software installs so I don't have cfengine on new hosts. I'm sure
> someone has solved this problem. It appears that cfengine has some features
> to account for the chicken and egg problem, but I thought I ask to see if
> someone has already thought of a clever solution.

I use the following procedure to run it initial with FAI (Fully Automated
Installation Debian) and Jumpstart (Solaris).

I have a tar ball with the the following in 

/var/cfengine/bin -> binaries for platform
/var/cfengine/inputs/update.conf
/var/cfengine/ppkeys (key of server could be included in here)
/var/cfengine/backup
/var/cfengine/...

Before I install a _new_ client I delete the keys on the cfengine file servers,
so that cfservd accepts new keys.

So I have the following in my 'LAST' script:

( cd $target; tar xfz /fai/files/cfengine.tgz )

# Generate ppkeys if not allready there
mkdir -p $target/var/cfengine/{outputs,backup,ppkeys} 
chmod 700 $target/var/cfengine/ppkeys
test -f $target/var/cfengine/ppkeys/localhost.priv || $ROOTCMD 
/var/cfengine/bin/cfkey

# Executing cfengine ... for bootstrapping
$ROOTCMD /var/cfengine/bin/cfagent -q -v

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Greetings,
        Thomas
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