Standalone bundles in Cf3

I always seem to forget how to do this, but it's actually pretty simple. Assume you want to test a new bundle called "test", and it's in a file called "test.cf". First, make sure your file has a control stanza like this:

body common control {
  inputs => { "/var/cfengine/inputs/cfengine_stdlib.cf" } ;
  bundlesequence => { "test" } ;
}

Note:

• inputs must not include the file "test.cf" itself -- otherwise, you'll get the error "Redefinition of body "control" for "common" is a broken promise, near token '{'. Think of "inputs" as really being named "additional inputs".

• I'm including the cfengine_stdlib.cf file. You should too.

• bundlesequence is set to your bundle (which I'm leaving out of this entry for simplicity).

Second, invoke it like so:

sudo /var/cfeing/bin/cf-agent -KI -f /path/to/test.cf

Note:

• -K means "run no matter how soon after the last time it was run."
• -I shows a list of promises repaired.
• -f gives the path to the file you're testing.