Rudder: Continuous Auditing & Configuration

This project is part of Rudder, see the main repository for more information.

License

This sub-project is licensed under GPLv3 license, see the provided "LICENSE" file or http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt

Usage

This project is part of Rudder, and as such is bundled with every Rudder server.

Synopsis

A powerful and structured configuration management framework

ncf is designed with the following concepts throughout:

• DRY: You should never have to duplicate promises, or even promise patterns. This is the best way to make unmaintainable code.
• KISS: Keep everything Simple and Sweet :) This extends to having one bundle do one thing, but do it well. Avoid complexity.
• Minimal effort: Reduce typing and syntax effort for everyday use as much as possible. Make the framework do the heavy lifting - code once, benefit forever! (aka "Lazy" :) )
• Intuitive: Reading and writing configuration management rules with ncf should be self-evident. Clearly named bundles and conventions make this easy.
• Extensible: You should be able to extend anything, add methods or support for new tools easily, without breaking anything.
• Open source: We believe in sharing so that the world can build on each other's work, and continually improve. ncf is distributed under the GPLv3 license on GitHub.

Decoupled layers

There are several layers in this framework, from 10 to 60, where each layer is a foundation for higher levels. The higher the lever, the higher the abstraction level.

• 10_ncf_internals: This directory contains the mechanics and glue to make the framework work. This should be very rarely modified, and is generic.
• 20_cfe_basics: This directory contains libraries that can be reused; most notably the CFEngine Standard Library.
• 30_generic_methods: This directory contains reusable bundles, that perform unit tasks, and are completely generic (for example "file_create_symlink"). All generic methods are documented on the reference page.

Each level uses items from lower levels (lower numbers) or, in some cases, from its own level.

Tests

Quick tests

Quick tests are run using the avocado framework, which can be installed using:

pip3 install --user avocado-framework

To add a test, simply add an executable file to the tests/quick folder. A lib folder is available in tests/testlib but is not automatically imported, you will to import it manually in your new test if needed.

To run the tests:

avocado run tests/quick
avocado run tests/quick/test_ncf_api.py