* - disk. Clear the fileserver update lock from VCS fileserver backends ( git, hg, svn ). Fired every time a minion connects the Salt master. exe | md5. salt-cloud -d my-vm-name # destroy the my-vm-name virtual machine. As this is the top hit on google and the accepted answer did not work for me. Minions are nodes running the minion. Assuming this minion is a master, execute a salt command. Meaning you may have to quote the text twice from the command line. When LocalClient wants to publish a command to minions, it connects to the master by issuing. Run a command if certain circumstances are met. test. The salt command is the ‘run stuff’ command. 1. Changed in version 2015. 2. Input Y to confirm the installation and press ENTER. Salt Runners: These are tasks you would start using salt-run. Using the Salt REST API. {"payload":{"allShortcutsEnabled":false,"fileTree":{"conf":{"items":[{"name":"cloud. find_job Returns specific data about a certain job based on job id. Share. A Salt runner can be a simple client call or a complex application. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. Too many open files ¶ The salt-master needs at least 2 sockets per host that connects to. This is particularly useful when checking if the master is connected to any Heist-Salt minions. Note. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs. Normally the salt-call command checks into the master. The syntax for masterless orchestration is exactly the same, but it uses the salt-call command and the minion configuration must contain the file_mode: local option. ping. Salt minions do not receive data from the Salt master until the key is accepted. orch <orchestration sls> targeting the minions part of the states happens in the orchestration sls file. If name is an or ftp URL and the file exists in the minion's file cache, this option can be passed to keep the minion from re-downloading the file if the cached copy matches the specified hash. This means that the time it takes to update 10 or 10,000 systems is quite similar, and queries to thousands of systems can be done in seconds. last_run. sudo systemctl start salt-minioncheck the output of state. Boolean to run command via sudo. 8 the salt command returns data to the console as it is received from minions, but previous releases would return data only after all data was received. Run salt '*' saltutil. This top file indicates that a state called all_server_setup should be applied to all minions '*' and the state called web_server_setup should be applied to the 01webserver minion. The final step in the installation process is for the Salt master to accept the Salt minion keys. Salt SSH is very easy to use, simply set up a basic roster file of the systems to connect to and run salt-ssh commands in a similar way as standard salt commands. d directory. This is done to keep systemd from killing the package manager commands spawned by Salt, when Salt updates itself (see KillMode in the. This package must be installed on all SaltStack Minion hosts. The salt and salt-call commands are the ones to use to target (like ansible ad-hoc command line). After this, you should be able to run a simple command and receive salt version returns from all connected Salt minions. Run the file to install Salt with a graphical user interface. Install the Salt minion on each system that you want to manage. You can start exploring from here. fire event from master $ salt-run event. LocalClient () jid = client. You might look into consul while it isn't specifically for SaltStack, I use it to monitor that salt-master and salt-minion are running on the hosts they should be. 1) Connect the computer to the private network to allow communication with the master Salt machine. presence eventMake sure that your Salt minions can find the Salt master. Is there a way to tell salt-ssh (on the master) to copy this file to the. run '<your command>' runas=Administrator shell=powershell. In the happy case, the following happens:Run the following commands to install the Salt Project repository and key: Click the tab for the Salt version you would like to pin for updates: RHEL 9 (Latest onedir). Use the following commands to run the examples: # Before running the orchestration, you will want to connect to the Salt master's # event bus with the following command in one. If this setting is set to True, the master will check all connections on port 22 by default unless a user also configures a different port with the setting remote_minions_port. In the Salt ecosystem, the Salt master is a server that is running the Salt master service. 5. get 'hwaddr_interfaces' run grains on all minions for retrieve CPU model:. Importing and using ProxyCaller must be done on the same machine as a Salt Minion and it must be done using the same user that the Salt Minion is running as. Additionally, the salt-call command can execute operations to enforce state on the salted master without requiring the minion to be running. It has some performance impact if you plan to. salt-run jobs. powershell function that pipes the result of a command through ConvertTo-JSON. Copy to clipboard. Step 4 - Running Commands Inside the Container. This functionality allows for specific states to be run with their own custom minion configuration, including different pillars, file_roots, etc. And compare between different runs. To look up the return data for this job later, run the following command: salt-run jobs. Create a private copy of /etc/salt for the user and run the command with -c /new/config/path. ) But when I run a command ( python manage. Salt comes with an interface to derive information about the underlying system. The salt-master is configured via the master configuration file, and the salt-minion is configured via the minion configuration file. Archives. Path to the root of the jail to use. The salt-key command is used to manage all of the keys on the master. 205. It is the remote execution utility to interface with the Salt master-minion architecture. The Salt Master is contacted to retrieve state files and other resources during execution unless the --local option is specified. When running Salt in masterless mode, it is not required to run the salt-minion daemon. * - cmd. runners. For example in my case I did. The timeout in seconds to wait for replies from the Salt minions. shell salt-master – daemon used to control the Salt minions; salt-minion – daemon which receives commands from a Salt master. 8. 3) Open a command prompt window. Estimated time: 10 minutes. Create the Unprivileged User that the Salt Minion will Run As. d directory. sh curl-fsSL -o install_salt_sha256 # Verify file integrity SHA_OF_FILE=$. 2 | Chapter 3. conf /root salt-key -l List public keys: salt-key -l all salt-key -a my-minion Accept pending key for a minion: salt-key -a my-minion SUSE Manager 4. sls in a single Salt job. Salt provides a runner that displays events in real-time as they are received on the Salt master. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. The target field can remain empty in that case as it is not used. You are viewing docs for the latest stable release, 3006. To run the Salt command, you would use the state. By contrast, salt is run from the master, and requires you to specify the minions on which to run the command using salt's targeting system. sh scripts installs the stable version of SaltStack. The salt client can only be run on the Salt master. version tells the minion to run the test. sudo apt-get install salt-master salt-minion salt-ssh salt-cloud salt-doc. In this case, the minion acts as its own master. apply or any other Salt commands that require Salt master authentication. Using the Salt Command Defining the Target Minions. sls, change all base: occurence. interfaces salt-call --local dockerng. Clear the cache: sudo yum clean expire-cache. It is also useful for testing out state trees before deploying to a production setup. In the Run Command dialog, confirm the correct command and target are selected, then select a function. A Salt runner can be a simple client call or a complex application. 3) Open a command prompt window. [No response] The minions may not have all finished running and any remaining minions will return upon completion. are the commands that you call from the salt command line, and they start with salt. ping. apply or any other Salt commands that require Salt master authentication. Install the python-pyinotify package on minion1: sudo salt 'minion1' pkg. The condition always return true even if the load_avg in the minion is not really equal or beyond the threshold. event pretty=True. deploy runner to deploy a Heist minion via salt-run; 3. Will be removed in future version of. 2) Turn on the computer. salt. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. apply -l debug. 7 introduced a few new functions to the saltutil module for managing jobs. When salt is selected in Commands, you can optionally specify the target group of minions to run the job on. In the Minions workspace, you can run an ad-hoc job or command on: A single minion; A list of minions; A Salt master or all Salt masters (using salt-run) A target; See SaltStack Config jobs workflow for an overview of how to use the Minions workspace along with the other workspaces in SaltStack Config to create and use jobs for configuration. 20 (32-bit) ScaleOut StateServer x64 Edition ScaleOut StateServer. Another key feature of the configuration management tool is its parallel execution of remote shell operations. status command. For example, to check disk space on all nodes:. If you don't have this, salt-minion can't report some installed software. }' lookup the job id result on the master salt-run jobs. sls file, to map Salt states to the authorized minion. Jenkins will always wait for all minions to return before finishing, so long running commands will always block the build until finished. apply --state-output=mixed. Linux or macOS / OSX # Download curl-fsSL -o install_salt. Importing and using ProxyCaller must be done on the same machine as a Salt Minion and it must be done using the same user that the Salt Minion is running as. If desired, usage of. The command above installs both SaltStack Master and SaltStack Minion on the host. Take a look at the documentation for more information about the state-output. wait if you want to use the watch requisite. In this file, provide the master’s IP address. Python is required on the remote system (unless using the -r option to send raw ssh commands). A new key is generated and used each time the Salt master restarts and each time a Salt minion key is deleted using the salt-key command. You can optionally run the file from the command line. An execution module is a collection of related functions that you can run on your minions from the master. -u USER,--user =USER ¶ Specify user to run salt-proxy-d,--daemon ¶ Run salt-proxy as a daemon--pid-file PIDFILE ¶ Specify the location of the pidfile. To look up the. The current status of a service is determined by the return code of the init/rc script status command. conf to point to the Salt master's hostname or IP. up You can also run a Salt test ping from the master to the. The others do not. For example: master: 192. runners. salt '*' test. Move the " minion1 " and minion2 " servers, then run the DNF command below to install the "salt-minion" package. If this value is not equal to at least twice the number of minions, then it will need to be raised. sudo systemctl start salt-minionWhere I first run the salt minion state. 2) Turn on the computer. Currently, the salt-minion service startup is delayed by 30 seconds. The Salt-Minion needs the Salt-Master to run correctly. How to run a single command from the command line on one or more Salt minions. apply -l debug. For example the command salt web1 apache. The command is: $ docker build --rm=true -t salt-minion . Salt can now run remote execution functions inside the container with another simple salt-call command: salt-call --local dockerng. version function. . run 'ls -l /var' Sample output. You can see it play out by using salt-run state. After verifying, that the minion’s fingerprint is the same as the fingerprint detected by the Salt master, run the following command on the master to accept the minion’s key: sudo salt-key -a hugo-webserver From the master, verify that the minion is running: sudo salt-run manage. Generated on October 04, 2022 at 04:. proxy minions - components that translate Salt Language to device specific instructions in order to bring the device to the desired state using its API, or over SSH. sls file needs to be populated:salt -G 'os:centos' test. name. Since this package isn’t on our Salt minions, first we’ll use Salt to install it. In this file, provide the Salt master’s IP address. 9. highstate') The jid variable here is the Salt "job ID" for the highstate job. At the Welcome screen insert the Minion USB flash drive. onlyif. Yeah, Ideally, I would have all my scripts salt-ified into state files but what I'm trying to do right now is automate what I currently have. load_avg=1, threshold=5'" run Started: 10:20:31. These scripts. SaltStack Cheat Sheet. Live Python Debug Output ¶ If the minion seems to be unresponsive, a SIGUSR1 can be passed to the process to display what piece of code is executing. And the " salt-minion " installation will begin. The current working directory to execute the command in, defaults to /root. Yeah, Ideally, I would have all my scripts salt-ified into state files but what I'm trying to do right now is automate what I currently have. This is done to keep systemd from killing the package manager commands spawned by Salt, when Salt updates itself (see KillMode in the. d directory. If you wanted each one of them that had the vim-enhanced package installed, modify the query with the pkg execution module: salt -G 'os:centos' pkg. If name is an or ftp URL and the file exists in the minion's file cache, this option can be passed to keep the minion from re-downloading the file if the cached copy matches the specified hash. highstate execution, to run all Salt states outlined in top. The Salt client: the salt command. Also, if the Master is under heavy load, it is possible that the CLI will exit without displaying return. Salt can be controlled by a command line client by the root user on the Salt master. Local execution - using salt-call initiated on the Salt minion. 12, 2016. These functions are: running Returns the data of all running jobs that are found in the proc directory. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. Now you should be able to start salt-minion and run salt-call state. It perform tasks and returns data to the Salt master. Salt Minions. signal_job Allows for a given jid to be sent a signal. As this is the top hit on google and the accepted answer did not work for me. # salt '*' cmd. Does the equivalent of a docker run and returns information about the container that was created, as well as its output. run module and then supply it with a command to run followed by single or double quotes. For example the command salt web1 apache. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. salt-call: This command is used to run execution modules directly on a minion you are logged into. 0. The command syntax in the Salt state files, which use the suffix . g. IT administrators can apply this scenario to configure any state, including a state that will set up a new master. By default the bootstrap. managed has user/group arguments), run commands as users (cmd. runners. The salt-minion service will appear in the Windows Service Manager and can be managed there or from the command line like any other Windows service. get fqdn command in the Salt master's terminal. call test disk. For example the command salt web1 apache. 3, and 2016. send. Output similar to this indicates a. it is called using salt-run such as salt-run state. On each Salt minion. conf resides. The main difference between using salt and using salt-call is that salt-call is run from the minion, and it only runs the selected function on that minion. run 'free -m' You will get the following output: Minion1: total used free shared buff/cache available Mem: 1982 140 1392 2 450 1691 Swap: 0 0 0 Use Salt State File to Manage Minions. Optionally, instead of using the minion config, load minion opts from the file specified by this argument, and then merge them with the options from the minion config. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. Enter salt-run commands with the prefix runners. salt-run: This command is used to run runner modules on the master server. If this option is enabled then sudo will be used to change the active user executing the remote command. 7 introduced a few new functions to the saltutil module for managing jobs. would be similar to: ansible localhost -m ping. 1. This example could easily be adapted. apply mysls test= True salt '*' state. LocalClient () payload = ' {"foo": "bar"}' tag = 'custom/tag' local. . Here I am targeting to salt-minion on my state. New in. Masterless States, run states entirely from files. Run command via sudo. After installing the Salt minion service: Configure each minion to communicate with the master by creating a master. salt-key Used to manage the Salt server public keys. So you would need to add a pillar on the master which looks something like this : {% set host = grains ['fqdn'] %} {% set command = 'figlet ' + host %} {% set output = salt. You need to add your salt minion to your master. The same data structure and compiler used for the state system is used for the reactor system. For example: master: 192. utils. Install pyinotify and start the event runner. To check the free memory on the Minion, run the following command: salt '*' cmd. salt-master A daemon used to control Salt minions. Run an arbitrary shell command: salt '*' cmd. client. Install pyinotify and start the event runner. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs. We have a lengthy process for issues and PRs. Use the salt-key -L command on the master system to obtain a list of the keys of all registered minions. powershell with no cmdlets/params) and then after a bit I had to CTRL. The salt-call command is used to run module functions locally on a minion instead of executing them from the master. Salt-call is used to run a Standalone Minion, and was originally created for troubleshooting. Salt offers two features to help with this scaling problem: The top. Will default to. Configure each minion to communicate with the Salt master by creating a master. -u USER,--user =USER ¶ Specify user to run salt-minion-d,--daemon ¶ Run salt-minion as a daemon--pid-file PIDFILE ¶ Specify the location of the pidfile. In this state the minion does not receive any communication from the Salt master. Minions are nodes running the minion service, which can listen. In all three cases, add a block that starts with Beacons: beacons: memusage: - percent: 63% - disable_during_state_run: True. We can modify users, put down files as users (file. lookup_jid 20210907071916699902 maybe something did happen but it was not logged for some reason?The following example commands can be run from the master using salt or on a masterless minion using salt-call. 2. Sorted by: 13. When a highstate is called, the minion automatically caches a copy of the last high data. While there are many ways to run Salt modules and functions, administrators can get a sense. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. 0. g. Open the RaaS configuration file in /etc/raas/raas. apply #calling state. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. Instead of using the glob or minion id when you run the salt command on the salt master, you can target based on grain by using the -G option. The latter one will show more information on a failure. maps. salt-minion 3000. 56. In order to to run highstate on a minion, use the LocalClient interface on the salt-master: import salt client = salt. The script installs salt-master and salt-minion system packages and enables Salt services automatically. modules. 37 - 10. sudo salt '*' cmd. lookup_jid 20130916125524463507 If you find that you are often missing Minion return data on the CLI, only to find it with the jobs runners, then this may be a sign that the worker_threads value may need to be increased in the master config file. The location of the Salt configuration directory. , edge1. name. A Salt master can also be managed like a minion and can be a target if it is running the minion service. For example. If you want to shorten the output to one line per state, set state_output: terse. terminate_job <jid>. Open a command prompt to the salt-vagrant-demo directory, and ssh into master: vagrant ssh master. You can set this option in the roster for a specific minion or use the roster_defaults to set it for all minions. autosign_grains: - uuid. -. 传统的 SaltStack 是需要通过 master 来执行状态控制 minion 从而实现状态的管理，但是当网络不稳定的时候，当想在minion本地执行状态的时候，当在只有一台主机的时候，想. On minions running systemd>=205, as of version 2015. Will default to. In the Minions workspace, you can run an ad-hoc job or command on: A single minion A list of minions A Salt master or all Salt masters (using salt-run) A targetThe result of the salt command shows the process ID of the minions and the results of a kill signal to the minion in as the retcode value: 0 is success, anything else is a failure. If I now run salt '*' test. Such as: salt My-server cmd. Open PowerShell on the Windows machine and run the following command to open the. find_job <jid> to see which minions are still running the job. Be aware that restarting the minion service while in the middle of a state run interrupts the process of the minion running states and sending results back to the master. signal restart to restart the Apache server specifies the machine web1 as. The most common option would be to use the root user. The Salt ping command checks that a minion responds. Additionally, running your Salt CLI commands with the -t. The salt client is run on the same machine as the Salt Master and communicates with the salt-master to issue commands and to receive the results and display them to the user. 361 ms Changes. test. hi, the lookup_jid does not include failures etc or can you tell me exact command? – avi. run: - env: { { salt['pillar. Execution output: To install an application such as apache, use the command: sudo salt minion1 pkg. A function is the Salt module you want to execute on the target. The Minions workspace is used to view minion details, run ad-hoc jobs or commands, and create new targets. ProxyCaller is the same interface used by the salt-call with the args --proxyid <proxyid> command-line tool on the Salt Proxy Minion. Salt minion keys can be in one of the following states: unaccepted: key is waiting to be accepted. One is to use the verbose ( -v) option when you run salt commands, as it will display "Minion did not return" for any Minions which time out. These happen as a result of actions undertaken by the salt-key command. proxy minions - components that translate Salt Language to device specific instructions in order to bring the device to the desired state using its API, or over SSH. . January 2020; May 2019;To add more Salt minions on different nodes, follow Step 1 of this procedure and omit any commands to install or enable salt-master, then edit master. ping Note: it's still possible the minions will lose their connection or exceeds the timeout before or during the second call!Testing a bunch of commands on windows 2008 servers (0. To get help for this script, run the command svtminion. Now create a simple top file, following the same format as the top file used for states: /srv/pillar/top. This is very easy to do from the CLI via something like: salt '[minion name here]' cmd. New in version 2020. First, let’s start out by targeting all of our minions using an asterisk. master 与 minion 网络不通或通信有延迟，即网络不稳定. usage . The salt. note: it's important to have shell=powershell as it does not work with cmd only. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions.