Use the salt-key -L command on the master system to obtain a list of the keys of all registered minions. run grains on all minions for retrieve network interface: salt "*" grains. Configure each minion to communicate with the Salt master by creating a master. highstate for a particular minion or all; View the seven most recent jobs run on Salt;. For example: master: 192. @DmitryKuzmenko I execute the command manually from terminal. Such as: salt My-server cmd. One can confirm this action by executing a properly setup salt-ssh minion with salt-ssh minion grains. The salt-call command is used to run module functions locally on a minion instead of executing them from the master. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. list_jobs salt-run jobs. An execution module is a collection of related functions that you can run on your minions from the master. get minion_type minion1: heist. states. send salt/key {'id': 'SRV1', 'act': 'accept',. LocalClient () payload = ' {"foo": "bar"}' tag = 'custom/tag' local. If the Salt master and Salt minions are not communicating, see Troubleshooting Automation. Hi there! Welcome to the Salt Community! Thank you for making your first contribution. On minions running systemd>=205, as of version 2015. Salt will drop support for Python 2. Open PowerShell on the Windows machine and run the following command to open the. -u USER,--user =USER ¶ Specify user to run salt-master-d,--daemon ¶ Run salt-master as a daemon--pid-file PIDFILE ¶ Specify the location of the pidfile. salt-key -A [email protected] "<command to execute>". Add a comment. Generated on October 04, 2022 at 04:. Calling the Function. A common workaround is to schedule restarting the minion service in the background by issuing a salt-call command using the service. The peer configuration in the salt master config can limit what commands certain minion can publish, e. runners. 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. salt-run: This command is used to run runner modules on the master server. Salt minion keys must be accepted before systems can receive commands from the Salt master. Closed. Execution output: To execute shell commands on the minions, use cmd. Salt has a test interface to report on exactly what will be changed, this interface can be invoked on any of the major state run functions: salt '*' state. The command is: $ docker build --rm=true -t salt-minion . To invoke these rules, simply execute salt '*' state. I tried running: sudo salt-run winrepo. 3 specifically. sudo salt <minion name> pkg. This top file associates the data. ps1 -h or Get-Help svtminion. apply on the command line. The Salt Master is contacted to retrieve state files and other resources during execution unless the --local option is specified. If you only want to see changes, you can use state-output=changes or state-output=mixed. run to execute a command on all your nodes at once. sync_all is ran to discover the thin tarball and then consumed. down removekeys=True The difference is that this removes keys from any minions which are not currently connected. To look up the return data for this job later, run the following command: salt-run jobs. Salt minions do not receive data from the Salt master until the key is accepted. And compare between different runs. See Windows downloads for a list of the latest downloads. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. If the field is. Reading the salt documentation it looks like the the orchestrate runner does what I want to execute the minion states. Installation. Install the Salt master service and the minion service on the Salt master node: sudo yum install salt-master sudo yum install salt-minion. Masterless States, run states entirely from files. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions. signal restart to restart the Apache server specifies the machine web1 as. Like at the CLI, each Salt command run will start a process that instantiates its own LocalClient, which instantiates its own listener to the Salt event bus, and sends out its own periodic saltutil. This is done to avoid a race condition in cases where the salt-minion service is restarted while a service is being modified. This is often used to debug. Take a look at the documentation for more information about the state-output. threshold=5' Result: True Comment: Command "echo 'Load average is normal. Salt provides a runner that displays events in real-time as they are received on the Salt master. The final step in the installation process is for the Salt master to accept the Salt minion keys. Returns the location of the new cached file on the Minion. On each Salt minion. Running an adhoc command on all hosts. salt. sls, is the same, except that Orchestrate Runner uses state. salt-cloud -d my-vm-name # destroy the my-vm-name virtual machine. Figure 11. Not exactly a lightweight operation. Fired related to a new job being published or when the minion is returning (ret) data for a job. salt '*' test. 0, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands which modify installed packages from the salt-minion daemon's control group. There is also a config setting,. So, in the return above, you can see that Git (git), Nullsoft Installer (nsis), Python 3. Salt state documentation. Follow. managed would work that way. json file, you could run it with salt-call. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. 1 Answer. 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. In this state the minion does not receive any communication from the Salt master. Run a container The command is: $ docker run -d salt-minion and. apply grains saltenv = base. run 'ls -l /var' Sample output. 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. version. 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. version. If choosing the "Custom" configuration option (Production Mode), simply answer "Yes" at the prompt (where applicable), and setup will configure salt-master and/or salt-minion. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. 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. run 'ls -l /etc'. [No response] The minions may not have all finished running and any remaining minions will return upon completion. items. Salt Windows Repository has similarity to how one would go about installing applications using Ansible-Galaxy. Run a command if certain circumstances are met. 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. fib 3. New in version 2016. To identify the FQDN of the Salt master, run the salt saltmaster grains. To apply this state onto a minion - e. signal restart to restart the Apache server specifies the machine web1 as the target and. Generated on April 18, 2023 at 04:07:. Move the " minion1 " and minion2 " servers, then run the DNF command below to install the "salt-minion" package. salt-run winrepo. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. Most examples I saw were expecting that salt-minions will be created by salt, so I am a bit confused how to do it with pre-existing instances. No branches or pull requests. 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. ps1 -h or Get-Help svtminion. Local execution - using salt-call initiated on the Salt minion. runners. Like the cmd. VMware Tools script for managing the Salt minion on a Windows. fire event from master $ salt-run event. A standalone minion can be used to do a number of things: Use salt-call commands on a system without connectivity to a master. The salt-key command is used to manage all of the keys on the master. 9. deploy runner to deploy a Heist minion via salt-run; 3. usage . orchestrate and salt-run, while minion commands use salt. 7. A status return code of 0 it is considered running. run "C:\Users\XYZ\Desktop\my_script. I am trying to configure the salt-minion to run as a non-root user but run all its commands via a sudo user which seems possible with the latest salt release I. Which is a build of states that run against the master. Note that the salt command line parser parses the date/time before we obtain the argument (preventing us from doing utc) Therefore the argument must be passed in as a string. . 361 ms Changes. ping on both master of masters, returns seems to be split, a mom returns minions. salt-master A daemon used to control Salt minions. versions. fib(num) Return the num -th Fibonacci number, and the time it took to compute in seconds. d directory. Using orchestration. For example in my case I did. This is usually done be pressing the function Fn + F10 keys -or- Fn + F10 + Shift keys, simultaneously. Using what you know about the targeting system, you now know how to create state. conf resides. This system is used to send commands and configurations to the Salt minion that is running on managed systems. Minion pillar data. salt. A new tool to manage devices and applications using Salt, without running MinionsThe user under which the salt minion process # itself runs will still be that provided in the user config above, but all # execution modules run by the minion will be rerouted through sudo. State files are also known as configuration management files that is used to. 9. See Configuring the Salt Minion for more information. If this parameter is set, the command will run inside a chroot. 846864 Duration: 9. install <program> version=xxx Instead of the program being installed normally, a run command is generated and needs to be manually run to install the program. lookup_jid 20200924131636872103 ERROR: Minions returned with non-zero exit codeTargeting Minions. salt-run manage. Salt native minions are packaged to run directly on specific devices, removing the need for proxy minions running elsewhere on a network. A Salt runner can be a simple client call or a complex application. If you add state_events: True to your master configuration, then you can view the general progress by running salt-run state. Library. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. 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. Minions are nodes running the minion. For new deployments, Best Practices (Production Mode) checks to see if the securityonion-onionsalt package is installed and, if so, enables Salt by default. For example: master. i use this command from here How to execute a powershell command as user XYZ?: salt '<minion>' cmd. The salt-master is configured via the master configuration file, and the salt-minion is configured via the minion configuration file. example. -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. apply (without the password encryption part) and afterwards run salt minion state. Is there a way to tell salt-ssh (on the master) to copy this file to the. id: salt-syndic1 syndic_master: - 10. If I copy the script (pam-setup-access) over to the minion (using path specified in state file) before running salt-ssh, I can get it to work now. $ sudo vi /etc/salt/roster. Runners are called using the salt-run command line interface. 1. The salt command is comprised of command options, target specification, the function to execute, and arguments to the function. interfaces salt-call --local dockerng. Alternatively, use salt-call --local. Install the python-pyinotify package on minion1: sudo salt 'minion1' pkg. 176 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges. ping. run 'something', which is not effective if I want to run a lot of commands. The command syntax in the Salt state files, which use the suffix . New in version 2020. up - ubuntuAsus. This script will only run if the thin dir is not currently on the minion. no command will be sent to minions. Each command is just a wrapper around an API client interface. Another key feature of the configuration management tool is its parallel execution of remote shell operations. Jenkins will always wait for all minions to return before finishing, so long running commands will always block the build until finished. The salt command line client periodically polls to see if the job is done but the job never completes, as far as it is concerned. The Salt Master server maintains a pillar_roots setup that matches the structure of the file_roots used in the Salt file server. . apply with no arguments starts a highstate. The command to execute, remember that the command will execute with the path and permissions of the salt-minion. orchestration is done on the master. Use the salt-key -L command on the master system to obtain a list of the keys of all registered minions. 3. sudo systemctl start salt-minionIn masterless mode that has the state file available, the Salt minion can run without contacting the master to apply the state. You can also have multiple MoMs which syndic/s are always connected to. 9. You need to write the script as below: import salt. A command to run as a check, run the named command only if the command passed to the onlyif option. 0. 2 | Chapter 3. up You can also run a Salt test ping from the master to. maps. last_run. modules. ps1" runas=XYZ shell=powershell. Note that this will delete the dir every time the state is run. More Powerful Targets. 7 in the Sodium release or later. The CLI talks to the Master who is listening for the return messages as they are coming in on the ZMQ bus. runners. apply mysls test= True salt '*' state. You could use commands from salt. you can handle that part. Often Used Salt Commands 8 / 98Used to cache a single file on the Minion. terminate_job <jid>. You can set state_verbose: False in /etc/salt/master or /etc/salt/minion . Salt pillar 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. We do have something like that -- salt-run manage. 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. find_job Returns specific data about a certain job based on job id. 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. 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. For example the command salt web1 apache. install apache2 . Often Used Salt Commands 8 / 98Where: target is the target expression to select what devices to execute the command on. sh curl-fsSL -o install_salt_sha256 # Verify file integrity SHA_OF_FILE=$. Someone from the Core Team will follow up as soon as possible. 20 (32-bit) ScaleOut StateServer x64 Edition ScaleOut StateServer. -d, --daemon Run the Salt minion as a daemon -c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_dir The location of the Salt configuration directory,. salt-key – management of Salt server public keys used for authentication. Salt minion keys can be in one of the following states: unaccepted: key is waiting to be accepted. g. The current status of a service is determined by the return code of the init/rc script status command. salt '*' test. Salt Master. One of my Saltstack Installations always has a 5 Second Delay on every salt command i run on it, i. The command above installs both SaltStack Master and SaltStack Minion on the host. Also show the IP address each minion is connecting from. list_() Return a list of accepted, denied, unaccepted and rejected keys. It works well, when I run salt '*' test. wait if you want to use the watch requisite. The test run is mandated by adding the test=True option to the states. You can optionally run the file from the command line. 0 minions, 0. However, they execute on the Salt Master instead of the Salt Minions. Now configure the Salt minion by editing the configuration file at /etc/salt/minion. . run: - env: { { salt['pillar. To support salt orchestration on masterless minions, the Orchestrate Runner is available as an execution module. 1. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs. Salt-call is used to run a Standalone Minion, and was originally created for troubleshooting. salt-minion: Minion did not return. Sep. provided that you run this command in the directory where file Dockerfile and master. execute']. version function. The salt and salt-call commands are the ones to use to target (like ansible ad-hoc command line). get_opts() Return the configuration options passed to this minion. When LocalClient wants to publish a command to minions, it connects to the master by issuing. script state or function just like you would with a Unix shell script. Before commands can be sent to a Minion, its key must be accepted on the Master. Many other targeting options are available, including targeting a specific minion by its ID or targeting minions by. The Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with the results of said commands. Using the Salt Command Defining the Target Minions. So if you had an SLS file or shell command to update the node_exporter. To run the Salt command, you would use the state. 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. General Targeting. If enabled the user will need to be allowed access via the sudoers file for the user that the salt minion is configured to run as. runners. install python-pyinotifysalt-run manage. Here I am targeting to salt-minion on my state. For most installation, the best options are typically. 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 it, one for the Publisher and one for response port. Using the Salt REST API. pidThis service state uses whichever service module is loaded on the minion with the virtualname of service. it is called using salt-run such as salt-run state. 1. get os. If the minion on the salted master is running, the minion can be targeted via any usual salt command. runner. run. For example the command salt web1 apache. load_avg=1, threshold=5'" run Started: 10:20:31. To invoke these rules, simply execute salt '*' state. For example: master. salt-call: This command is used to run execution modules directly on a minion you are logged into. 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. states. If you are using a demo environment your event bus is probably quiet, so open another terminal and send a salt '*' test. Any other return code is. The salt command line client periodically polls to see if the job is done but the job never completes, as far as it is concerned. See Configuring the Salt Minion for more information. " sudo salt-run state. 应用场景. On each Salt minion. A single running salt-minion daemon manages state for all the users on the system. For example: master: 192. Default: /var/run/salt-api. On the master, run the below command: $ sudo salt Ubuntu1 test. name. The command below should return the hostname or IP address of each Minion which has been verified and is running: sudo salt-run manage. atlanta, edge*. Salt-minion. key event. Salt-call is used to run a Standalone Minion, and was originally created for troubleshooting. SaltStack’s remote execution capabilities allow administrators to run commands on various machines in parallel with a flexible targeting system. After the keys are sent to the master then the master will need to accept them. 2. Now the /srv/pillar/data. call test network. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. presence eventMake sure that your Salt minions can find the Salt master. We will do this by editing the /etc/salt/roster file. We have a lengthy process for issues and PRs. show command to check the output for Highstate and Lowstate which should give you an overview over every state that is going to be applied by the Highstate command. The salt command is comprised of command options, target specification, the function to execute, and arguments to the function. utils. After you connect, run the following command to become the root user: sudo suThe problem isn't that the salt client (run on the master) is not waiting long enough, it's that the response the minion returns is dropped on the floor. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. -t TIMEOUT,--timeout =TIMEOUT ¶ The timeout in seconds to wait for replies from the Salt minions. Meaning you may have to quote the text twice from the command line. remove-supervisord-confd: file. -t, --timeout ¶. List all available functions on your minions: salt '*' sys. apply or any other Salt commands that require Salt master authentication. Note: If you are using a hardened Linux VM, there are some situations where scripts cannot be run from /tmp on the VM. salt['cmd']['run']('command') on runtime as variables? Or let the jinja templating be rendered state by state?check the output of state. Additionally, running your Salt CLI commands with the -t. salt. When running Salt in masterless mode, it is not required to run the salt-minion daemon. You may need to run your command with --async in order to bypass the congested event bus. versions salt-cp Copy a file to a client or set of clients: salt-cp '*' foo. . First, let’s start out by targeting all of our minions using an asterisk. 1 Answer. 168. Now I want to run state. fire event from master $ salt-run event. Reading the salt documentation it looks like the the orchestrate runner does what I want to execute the minion states. The user name to run the command as. VMware Tools script for managing the Salt minion on a Windows. Usage:Problem Unable to assign the output from cmd. Use cmd. Start up your salt-minion; Use salt-key to accept your minion's key ; Use your salt-master to control your minion as if it were any other salt-minion; Is there a command I can run to apply the states on the master? The salt-master doesn't really run the the state files, the salt-minions do. If it returns true then the target is actually connected and the problem is on the server side. Replace <minion_id> with the ID of the minion, and replace <interface_name> with the name. run 'powershell. note: it's important to have shell=powershell as it does not work with cmd only. The Salt ping command checks that a minion responds. 11. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt.