Salt Table of Contents¶

Introduction to Salt
- The 30 second summary
- Simplicity
- Parallel execution
- Builds on proven technology
- Python client interface
- Fast, flexible, scalable
- Open
- Salt Community
- Mailing List
- IRC
- Follow on Github
- Blogs
- Example Salt States
- Follow on Open Hub
- Other community links
- Hack the Source
Installation
- Quick Install
- Platform-specific Installation Instructions
- Initial Configuration
- Additional Installation Guides
- Dependencies
- Optional Dependencies
- Upgrading Salt
- Building Packages using Salt Pack
Configuring Salt
- Configuring the Salt Master
- Configuring the Salt Minion
- Configuring the Salt Proxy Minion
- Configuration file examples
- Minion Blackout Configuration
- Access Control System
- Job Management
- Managing the Job Cache
- Storing Job Results in an External System
- Logging
- External Logging Handlers
- salt.log.handlers.fluent_mod
- salt.log.handlers.log4mongo_mod
- salt.log.handlers.logstash_mod
- salt.log.handlers.sentry_mod
- Salt File Server
- Git Fileserver Backend Walkthrough
- MinionFS Backend Walkthrough
- Salt Package Manager
- Storing Data in Other Databases
- Running the Salt Master/Minion as an Unprivileged User
- Using cron with Salt
- Use cron to initiate a highstate
- Hardening Salt
- Security disclosure policy
- Salt Transport
- Master Tops System
- Returners
- Renderers
Using Salt
- Grains
- Storing Static Data in the Pillar
- Targeting Minions
- The Salt Mine
- Runners
- Salt Engines
- What is YAML and How To Use It
- Understanding Jinja
- Tutorials Index
- Troubleshooting
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Salt Best Practices
Remote Execution
- Remote execution tutorial
- Running Commands on Salt Minions
- Writing Execution Modules
- Executors
Configuration Management
- How Do I Use Salt States?
- States tutorial, part 1 - Basic Usage
- States tutorial, part 2 - More Complex States, Requisites
- States tutorial, part 3 - Templating, Includes, Extends
- States tutorial, part 4
- State System Reference
Return Codes
- Retcode Passthrough
Utility Modules - Code Reuse in Custom Modules
Events & Reactor
- Event System
- Beacons
- Reactor System
Orchestration
- Orchestrate Runner
Solaris
- Solaris-specific Behaviour
Salt SSH
- Getting Started
- Salt SSH Roster
- Deploy ssh key for salt-ssh
- Calling Salt SSH
- States Via Salt SSH
- Targeting with Salt SSH
- Configuring Salt SSH
- Running Salt SSH as non-root user
- Define CLI Options with Saltfile
- Advanced options with salt-ssh
- Debugging salt-ssh
- Different Python Versions
Thorium Complex Reactor
- Starting the Thorium Engine
- Thorium Modules
- Writing Thorium Formulas
- The Thorium Register
Salt Cloud
- Configuration
- Configuration Inheritance
- QuickStart
- Using Salt Cloud
- Core Configuration
- Windows Configuration
- Cloud Provider Specifics
- Miscellaneous Options
- Troubleshooting Steps
- Extending Salt Cloud
- Using Salt Cloud from Salt
- Feature Comparison
- Tutorials
Salt Proxy Minion
- New in 2017.7.0
- New in 2016.11.0
- New in 2016.3
- New in 2015.8.2
- New in 2015.8
- Getting Started
- The __proxyenabled__ directive
- SSH Proxymodules
Network Automation
- New in Carbon (2016.11)
- NAPALM
- JUNOS
Salt Virt
- Salt Virt Tutorial
- The Salt Virt Runner
- Based on Live State Data
- Deploy from Network or Disk
Command Line Reference
- salt-api
- salt-call
- salt
- salt-cloud
- salt-cp
- salt-extend
- salt-key
- salt-master
- salt-minion
- salt-proxy
- salt-run
- salt-ssh
- salt-syndic
- salt-unity
- spm
Pillars
Master Tops
Salt Module Reference
- auth modules
- beacon modules
- cache modules
- cloud modules
- engine modules
- executors modules
- fileserver modules
- grains modules
- execution modules
- netapi modules
- output modules
- pillar modules
- proxy modules
- queue modules
- renderer modules
- returner modules
- roster modules
- runner modules
- sdb modules
- serializer modules
- state modules
- thorium modules
- token modules
- master tops modules
- wheel modules
APIs
- Python client API
- netapi modules
Architecture
- High Availability Features in Salt
- Salt Syndic
- Using Salt at scale
- Multi Master Tutorial
- Multi-Master-PKI Tutorial With Failover
Minion Data Cache
- Pluggable Data Cache
- Configuring the Minion Data Cache
Slots
- Execution functions
Windows
- Windows Package Manager
- Windows-specific Behaviour
Developing Salt
- Overview
- Salt Client
- Salt Master
- Salt Minion
- A Note on ClearFuncs vs. AESFuncs
- Changelog
- Contributing
- Deprecating Code
- Python 2 Deprecation FAQ
- Installing Salt for development
- GitHub Labels and Milestones
- Logging Internals
- Package Providers
- Pull Requests
- Pull Request Requirements
- Reporting Bugs
- Salt Topology
- Developing Salt Tutorial
- Modular Systems
- Salt Extend
- Salt's Test Suite
- Integration Tests
- Writing Unit Tests
- SaltStack Git Policy
- Salt Conventions
- Salt code and internals
- Salt Community Projects
- Salt's Test Suite: An Introduction
- Python 2 Deprecation FAQ
Release Notes
- Latest Branch Release
- Previous Releases
- Upcoming Release
Venafi Tools for Salt
- Introduction
- Runner Functions
- Transfer certificate to a minion
Glossary