https://doc.emlin.net/blog/Recent content in Blog on ConfluxHugoenSun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://doc.emlin.net/blog/conflux-2-4-released/Sun, 02 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://doc.emlin.net/blog/conflux-2-4-released/<p>Conflux 2.4 is out. Highlights:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Parallel apply</strong> — <code>conflux apply --parallel 10</code> now fans out across hosts instead of applying sequentially. On a 20-host inventory this cut our own deploy time from just under four minutes to about forty seconds.</li> <li><strong><code>conflux vault</code></strong> — inline secret encryption using age, so credentials no longer need to live in a separate secrets manager for small setups.</li> <li><strong>Faster SSH transport</strong> — connection reuse via a persistent ControlMaster socket, which mattered more than expected on high-latency links.</li> </ul> <p>As always, <code>conflux plan</code> before you apply. Full changelog is in the repo.</p>https://doc.emlin.net/blog/why-agentless/Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://doc.emlin.net/blog/why-agentless/<p>A recurring question is why Conflux doesn&rsquo;t ship a lightweight agent for faster fact-gathering, the way some newer tools do.</p> <p>The short answer: for the fleet sizes we&rsquo;re targeting — single-digit to low double-digit host counts — the agent buys you speed you don&rsquo;t need at the cost of one more service to patch and monitor on every box. SSH is already there, already authenticated, and already something you&rsquo;re auditing.</p>