… The goal of this work is to augment Bcfg2 in order to explicitly represent changes in …
high-level overview of the Bcfg2 architecture. We then discuss our implementation in Bcfg2. …

Bcfg2 is based on a client-server architecture. The client is reponsible for interpreting (but not
processing) the configuration served by the server. This configuration is literal, so no local …

… In this article we discuss a typical deployment of Bcfg2 and describe its sophisticated con…
mentation of Bcfg2. We then discuss the procedural and qualitative impact that Bcfg2 has had …

… Bcfg2 is by no means alone as a comprehensive option; LCFG and … Our experiences deploying
Bcfg2 have suggested that complexity is a … We have found that bcfg2 users generally start …

… The Bcfg2 Architecture 6 … 2.1 Information flow in Bcfg2 8 2.2 Basic set of group
definitions 14 2.3 A typical top-level Bcfg2 repository 17 4.1 A simple clients.xml 25 4.2 A …

Configuration management tools have become quite adept at representing target configurations
at a point in time. While a point-in-time model helps with system configuration tasks, it …

… In our Bcfg2 adaptation, the Bcfg2 agent consumes the parameters supplied by the Workspace
service as a file via such an appliance patch. In the example of a Torque appliance, the …

The US Geological Survey (USGS) assessed the potential for undiscovered conventional oil
and gas fields within priority geologic provinces of South America and the Caribbean as …