Config Management Camp 2023 Ghent

Using Ansible modules in CFEngine
2023-02-07, 14:50–15:40, B.2.009

Learn about how CFEngine can leverage Ansible modules for new promise types extending the policy language and functionality.


Recent versions of CFEngine support extending the policy language with custom promise types implemented as modules. Ansible is based on modules providing the "task types". So with a bridge between the two worlds of modules, CFEngine can leverage Ansible modules to extend the policy language with new promise types.

A Software Engineer and a FOSS enthusiast. Used to work at Red Hat on RHEL and Fedora, especially the Anaconda OS installer and its storage backend and on UDisks2. Working on CFEngine at Northern.tech since 2018.