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.TH CF-EXECD 8 "CFEngine" "System Administration"
.SH NAME
cf-execd \- scheduling daemon for cf-agent
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B cf-execd
.RI [ OPTION ]...
.RI [ FILE ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
cf-execd is the scheduling daemon for cf-agent. It runs cf-agent locally according to a schedule specified in policy code (executor control body). After a cf-agent run is completed, cf-execd gathers output from cf-agent, and may be configured to email the output to a specified address. It may also be configured to splay (randomize) the execution schedule to prevent synchronized cf-agent runs across a network.
.SH OPTIONS
.IP "--help, -h"
Print the help message
.IP "--debug, -d"
Enable debugging output
.IP "--verbose, -v"
Output verbose information about the behaviour of the agent
.IP "--dry-run, -n"
All talk and no action mode - make no changes, only inform of promises not kept
.IP "--version, -V"
Output the version of the software
.IP "--file, -f value"
Specify an alternative input file than the default. This option is overridden by FILE if supplied as argument.
.IP "--define, -D value"
Define a list of comma separated classes to be defined at the start of execution
.IP "--negate, -N value"
Define a list of comma separated classes to be undefined at the start of execution
.IP "--no-lock, -K"
Ignore locking constraints during execution (ifelapsed/expireafter) if "too soon" to run
.IP "--inform, -I"
Print basic information about changes made to the system, i.e. promises repaired
.IP "--diagnostic, -x"
Activate internal diagnostics (developers only)
.IP "--log-level, -g value"
Specify how detailed logs should be. Possible values: 'error', 'warning', 'notice', 'info', 'verbose', 'debug'
.IP "--no-fork, -F"
Run as a foreground processes (do not fork)
.IP "--once, -O"
Run once and then exit (implies no-fork)
.IP "--no-winsrv, -W"
Do not run as a service on windows - use this when running from a command shell (CFEngine Nova only)
.IP "--ld-library-path, -L value"
Set the internal value of LD_LIBRARY_PATH for child processes
.IP "--color, -C value"
Enable colorized output. Possible values: 'always', 'auto', 'never'. If option is used, the default value is 'auto'
.IP "--timestamp, -l"
Log timestamps on each line of log output
.SH CFENGINE
CFEngine provides automated configuration management of large-scale computer systems. A system administrator describes the desired state of a system using CFEngine policy code. The program \fBcf-agent\fR reads policy code and attempts to bring the current system state to the desired state described. Policy code is downloaded by \fBcf-agent\fR from a \fBcf-serverd\fR daemon. The daemon \fBcf-execd\fR is responsible for running \fBcf-agent\fR periodically.
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Documentation for CFEngine is available at http://cfengine.com/documentation/.
.SH PROMISE THEORY
CFEngine is built on principles from promise theory, proposed by Mark Burgess in 2004. Promise theory is a model of voluntary cooperation between individual, autonomous actors or agents who publish their intentions to one another in the form of promises. A promise is a declaration of intent whose purpose is to increase the recipient's certainty about a claim of past, present or future behaviour. For a promise to increase certainty, the recipient needs to trust the promiser, but trust can also be built on the verification that previous promises have been kept, thus trust plays a symbiotic relationship with promises. 
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For an introduction to promise theory, please see http://arxiv.org/abs/0810.3294/
.SH AVAILABILITY
cf-execd is part of CFEngine.
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Binary packages may be downloaded from http://cfengine.com/downloads/.
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The source code is available at http://github.com/cfengine/
.SH BUGS
Please see the public bug-tracker at http://bug.cfengine.com/.
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GitHub pull-requests may be submitted to http://github.com/cfengine/core/.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR cf-promises (8),
.BR cf-agent (8),
.BR cf-serverd (8),
.BR cf-execd (8),
.BR cf-monitord (8),
.BR cf-runagent (8),
.BR cf-key (8)
.SH AUTHOR
Mark Burgess and CFEngine AS