CHAPTER 7Automating a New SystemInfrastructure
Every UNIX-based site requires a similar list of infrastructure services in order to function. All sites need to keep the correct time, route e-mail from system processes (such as cron jobs, and in our case cfexecd) to the correct place, convert hostnames into IP addresses, and control user accounts.
We think it's only fair to warn you that this chapter won't go into great detail on the protocols and server software that we'll configure. If we had to explain DNS, NTP, SMTP, NFS, the automounter, and UNIX authentication files in great detail, the chapter would never end. Additionally, it would draw focus away from our goal of automating a new infrastructure using cfengine. We'll recommend other sources ...
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