Top "Salt-stack" questions

The SaltStack platform, also known as Salt, is a Python-based open-source configuration management software and remote execution engine.

salt stack: grains vs pillars

In the Salt system there are grains and pillars. I understand how I can assign custom grains, but when would …

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How can I dump pillar data, that will be send to minion

When I do highstate at minion, there is a strange error. I suspect, that the pillar data on the minion …

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How do I append to each item in a list of strings?

I have a list of strings containing IP addresses. I want to append a port number to each of them. …

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Salt minion returns no response after being accepted

After setting up the salt-master and one minion, I am able to accept the key on the master. Running sudo …

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SaltStack: In a watch statement, how do I specify a directory where all files should be watched?

I would like the nginx service to restart whenever any file in the /etc/nginx/conf.d directory is created …

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How to join two Salt pillar files and merge data?

Is there any way to join two pillar files? I have a users pillar. It's something like: users: joe: sudouser: …

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The repository is not signed to install a package on Ubuntu

I'm using Salt (SaltStack) to install packages in Ubuntu 18.04. I want to install a formula for docker, for example. When …

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How to get a list of all salt minions in a template?

Basically I am creating a Salt state describing Munin server configuration and I need to get a list of all …

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How do I pass parameters to a salt state file?

I want to create a group and user using salt state files, but I do not know the group, gid, …

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SaltStack : is it possible to apply states on the master and if so, how?

I am a total beginner with SaltStack but I have managed to setup some states on a machine and run …

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