Installation

1. Prerequisites
   • Install python2.3+ (client and server side)
   • Install m2crypto (server side)
   • Install lxml (client and server side)

2. Generate an ssl cert
   • openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 1000 -newkey rsa:1024 -out cert.pem -keyout cert.pem
   • Set the key= line in the communication section of bcfg2.conf to point at this new certificate

3. Configure communication settings
   • Choose a port for the bcfg2 server
   • Set the bcfg2= line in components section bcfg2.conf to point at the server location
   • Choose a shared secret password, placing it in the password= line of the communication section of bcfg2.conf

4. Install the ​example repository
   • Untar this file into your repository location
   • Set this location in the repository line of the server section of bcfg2.conf

5. Start up the bcfg2 server
   • /etc/init.d/bcfg2-server start

6. Copy bcfg2.conf to clients
   • remove the key= line and server section; they aren't needed on clients

The server is now up and running. Now you need to create your configuration specification.