===== Provisioning =====

[[https://goo.gl/KQajJz]]

===== Configuration Management tools =====
  * Saltstack works well with %%FreeBSD%%
    * works with sysrc for configuration files
    * Standard documentation & techniques generally apply to %%FreeBSD%%
  * Puppet
  * Ansible
  * Chef

===== Image building =====
  * Poudrière
    * supports VM/OS image builds
  * Packer
    * builds images for Vagrant, EC2, Azure, VMWare, ...
    * needs serial library in go
      * https://github.com/hashicorp/packer/issues/1004#issuecomment-297817313
    * "Bento" from Chef project has %%FreeBSD%% configurations
      * https://github.com/chef/bento

===== VM/bhyve orchestration =====
  * Vagrant
    * [[SummerOfCode2016/BhyveAsVagrantBackend]]
    * need Suspend/Resume feature
  * Openstack

===== Configuration =====

===== Preconfigured VMs for testing =====
  * https://artifact.ci.freebsd.org/snapshot/head/latest_vm/
    * disk-test.img.xz
    * disk.img.xz

===== Ports/Package support =====

===== Monitoring/Metrics =====
  * OSQuery
    * needs more people help about tables https://osquery.io/docs/tables/#freebsd
  * Prometheus
  * SNAP Telemetry

===== Wishlist =====
  * libifconfig integration for Jail configuration
  * structured log data
    * newer syslog RFC
  * Improved diskless approach
  * Cross-install approach
    * Configure installer from %%MacOS%%, Linux, etc.
    * Create SD card image from other another OS
  * increased librification

===== Deploying FreeBSD technology across the base system =====
  * [[/LibXo|LibXo]]
  * libucl

===== pitfalls to avoid =====
  * migration away from human-readable formats
    * forward and backward compatibility
  * changes in configuration file formats
    * e.g. introduce new UCL config, but allow a long transition where old format (inetd.conf) is accepted
    * Steps
      - Introduce new format
      - Switch default
      - (long transition period here)
      - Remove old format
  * POLA
  * Broad concensus that this is the desired path forward, but need to proceed very carefully and thoughtfully
  * bsnmp as a good candidate

===== TODO =====
  * Create (on wiki) prioritized list of utilities / configuration files
  * Discuss w/ embedded and %%FreeBSD%%-derived appliance vendors and particularly smaller ones (Kris Moore @iX, pfSense folks, ...)
  * Establish as a principle use UCL for newly developed software
  * Documentation
  * Produce guidance on librification
    * like style(9); perhaps api(3)
    * Session topic for upcoming [[/DevSummit]]s

===== Open questions =====
  * Does this apply to ports? Upstream projects not in base?