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+===== 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?