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A control theory perspective on configuration management and Cfengine

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ACM SIGBED Review, Volume 3, Issue 2

Pages 12 - 16

https://doi.org/10.1145/1143489.1143493

Published: 01 April 2006 Publication History

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Cfengine is an autonomous agent for the configuration of Unix-like operating systems. It works by implementing a hybrid feedback loop, with both disrcete and continuous elements.

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https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/664/5/052020
Baliosian JDevitt A(2006)Forecasting Unstable Policy EnforcementProceedings of the International Conference on Systems and Networks Communication10.1109/ICSNC.2006.40Online publication date: 29-Oct-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/ICSNC.2006.40

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ACM SIGBED Review Volume 3, Issue 2

April 2006

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DOI:10.1145/1143489

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Poat MLauret JBetts W(2015)Configuration Management and Infrastructure Monitoring Using CFEngine and Icinga for Real-time Heterogeneous Data Taking EnvironmentJournal of Physics: Conference Series10.1088/1742-6596/664/5/052020664:5(052020)Online publication date: 23-Dec-2015
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/664/5/052020
Baliosian JDevitt A(2006)Forecasting Unstable Policy EnforcementProceedings of the International Conference on Systems and Networks Communication10.1109/ICSNC.2006.40Online publication date: 29-Oct-2006
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/ICSNC.2006.40

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