Added cfengine run, a "smart" wrapper around cf-remote run with some added niceties#176
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…added niceties `cfengine run` is a wrapper around the run functionality from cf-remote. Allows the user to run CFEngine policy on remote/local installations with the same command. - Auto-discovers cf-agent locally and across all hosts known to cf-remote (via its saved/spawned state), instead of requiring the user to know or specify where it's installed. - When multiple installations are found, prompts interactively for which one to use; add --host <name|ip> to skip the prompt and select one directly, non-interactively. - Installations can be selected by cf-remote's own friendly names (e.g. --host hub), not just IP address. - Runs cf-agent as root automatically when needed (both locally via sudo and remotely via cf-remote), so cf-agent picks up policy from /var/cfengine instead of falling back to the invoking user's home directory. - Bare filenames are accepted directly (`cfengine run mypolicy.cf`); -KIf is inserted automatically unless flags are already present. Has some added classes and utils to easily adapt the rest of the wanted future features such as: report, spawn/destroy, etc. Ticket: ENT-14120 Changelog: None Signed-off-by: Simon Halvorsen <simon.halvorsen@northern.tech>
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cfengine runis a wrapper around the run functionality from cf-remote. Allows the user to run CFEngine policy on remote/local installations with the same command.cfengine run mypolicy.cf); -KIf is inserted automatically unless flags are already present.Has some added classes and utils to easily adapt the rest of the wanted future features such as: report, spawn/destroy, etc.
Ticket: ENT-14120
Changelog: None