NAME

       cf-runagent - Run agent

SYNOPSIS:

        cf-runagent [options]

DESCRIPTION:

       The run agent connects to a list of running instances of the cf-serverd service. The agent
       allows a user to forego the usual scheduling interval for the agent and activate  cf-agent
       on  a  remote  host. Additionally, a user can send additional classes to be defined on the
       remote host. Two kinds of classes may be sent: classes to decide on which hosts the  agent
       will  be started, and classes that the user requests the agent should define on execution.
       The latter type is regulated by cf-serverd's role based access  control.   cfengine  is  a
       self-healing  configuration  and change management based system. You can think of cfengine
       as a very high level language, much higher level than Perl or shell. Asingle statement  is
       called a promise, and compliance can result in many hundreds of filesbeing created, or the
       permissions of many hundreds offiles being set. The idea of cfengine is to create a one or
       more  sets  of configuration files which willclassify and describe the setup of every host
       in a network.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS:

       --help, -h
              Print the help message

       --background, -b
              Parallelize connections (50 by default)

       --debug, -d
              Set debugging level 0,1,2,3

       --verbose, -v
              Output verbose information about the behaviour of the agent

       --dry-run, -n
              All talk and no action mode - make no changes, only inform of promises not kept

       --version, -V
              Output the version of the software

       --file, -f
              Specify an alternative input file than the default

       --define-class, -D
              Define a list of comma separated classes to be sent to a remote agent

       --select-class, -s
              Define a list of comma separated classes to be used  to  select  remote  agents  by
              constraint

       --inform, -I
              Print basic information about changes made to the system, i.e. promises repaired

       --remote-options, -o
              Pass options to a remote server process

       --diagnostic, -x
              Activate internal diagnostics (developers only)

       --hail, -H
              Hail the following comma-separated lists of hosts, overriding default list

       --interactive, -i
              Enable interactive mode for key trust

       --query, -q
              Query a server for a knowledge menu

       --timeout, -t
              Connection timeout, seconds

AUTHOR

       Mark Burgess and CFEngine AS

INFORMATION

       Bug reports: http://bug.cfengine.com, .PP Community help: http://forum.cfengine.com

       Community info: http://www.cfengine.com/pages/community

       Support services: http://www.cfengine.com

       This software is Copyright (C) 2008-2013 CFEngine AS.

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