Basic example

To get started with CFEngine, you can imagine the following template for entering examples. This part of the code is common to all the examples.

body common control
{
      bundlesequence => { "main" };
      inputs => { "$(sys.libdir)/stdlib.cf" };
}

bundle agent main
{
      # example
}

The general pattern

The general pattern of the syntax is like this (colors in html version: red, CFEngine word; blue, user-defined word):

bundle component name(parameters)
{
what_type:
 where_when::

  ## Traditional comment


  "promiser" -> { "promisee1", "promisee2" },
        comment => "The intention ...",
         handle => "unique_id_label",
    attribute_1 => body_or_value1,
    attribute_2 => body_or_value2;
}

Hello world

body common control
{
      bundlesequence => { "hello" };
}

bundle agent hello
{
  reports:
    linux::
      "Hello world!";
}

Array example

body common control
{
      bundlesequence => { "array" };
}

bundle common g
{
  vars:
      "array[1]" string => "one";
      "array[2]" string => "two";
}

bundle agent array
{
  vars:
      "localarray[1]" string => "one";
      "localarray[2]" string => "two";
  reports:
    linux::
      "Global $(g.array[1]) and $(localarray[2])";
}