salt-basic.md

Install Salt

sudo systemctl start salt-master

Without systemd

sudo salt-master -d
sudo systemctl start salt-proxy@device1

Without systemd

sudo salt-proxy -d --proxyid device1

Accept for Salt-key initially

Proxy minion for network devices

CLI syntax

sudo salt <target> <function> [<arguments>]

Examples

sudo salt <hostname> net.load.config <path>
sudo salt <hostname> net.load_template [<https:// | salt:// | s3:// | ftp://>]<path>

Common Arguments

Dry run mode (Argument)

test=True

Format into JSON

pretty=True

Recommendations

Separate data (Pillar) from automation logic (SLS)

File Locations

Salt proxy minion

/var/log/salt/proxy