[esessoms]

CFEngine has really great, comprehensive, reference documentation and really very poor, basically non-existent, tutorial or getting-started information. In order to actually get work done, you need to know a good bit more than how to install it and what the bundle syntax looks like. Puppet OTOH excels in this.

So while the tools are roughly equivalent in capability, if you're new to configuration management in general I think you'll have a lot better success getting started with Puppet.

[atsaloli]

I've been working on improving getting-started information for CFEngine 3. Check out www.verticalsysadmin.com/cfengine.htm - especially the "Getting Started with CFEngine 3" guide, and the "Guide to CFEngine Body of Knowledge".

I also hold live webinars to help people get started with CFEngine 3. If you need any help, I invite you to register for one (http://cfengine-quickstart.eventbrite.com/)

[kokey]

I'm grateful for your shameless self promotion. Your guide is certainly more engaging than the official tutorial.

[atsaloli]

Thank you for the positive feedback.

And I'll try to tone my next post better so it comes across as eager rather than shameless.

Yours truly, Aleksey