These modules provide functionality such as installing packages, restarting a service, running a remote command, transferring files, and so on. 0, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands which modify installed packages from the salt-minion daemon's control group. ps1. Salt ssh is considered production ready in version 2014. Wheel:. managed would work that way. While there are many ways to run Salt modules and functions, administrators can get a sense. Schedule is implemented by refreshing the minion’s pillar data, for example by using saltutil. The location of the Salt configuration directory. Examples include network gear that has an API but runs a proprietary OS, devices with limited CPU or memory, or devices that could run a minion, but for security reasons, will not. Salt ships with a large collection of available functions. A management server hosts the salt-master, which pushes out instructions, such as a system update, to the minions that run on managed machines. * and cmd. install_os execution function and the salt. * - disk. Note. The salt client can only be run on the Salt master. 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. (I recognized that PID is diff. Enter salt-run commands with the prefix runners. runners. The condition always return true even if the load_avg in the minion is not really equal or beyond the threshold. master 与 minion 网络不通或通信有延迟，即网络不稳定. 56. 0: On minions running systemd>=205, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands run by this function from the salt-minion daemon's control group. sls file to all minions. In this state the minion does not receive any communication from the Salt master. salt -v '*' pkg. terminate_job <jid>. 5. id: salt-syndic1 syndic_master: - 10. CLI Example:. By default as of version 0. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. A Salt-SSH roster option ssh_pre_flight was added in the 3001 release. In the Salt ecosystem, the Salt master is a server that is running the Salt master service. The salt-call command is used to run module functions locally on a minion instead of executing them from the master. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. There are several hundreds of Salt functions natively available. Normally the salt-call command checks into the master. Run salt '*' saltutil. apply (without the password encryption part) and afterwards run salt minion state. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. sudo salt '*' test. 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. Run: salt-run manage. Create the Unprivileged User that the Salt Minion will Run As. get 'hwaddr_interfaces' run grains on all minions for retrieve CPU model:. You can have the minion run. It has some performance impact if you plan to. Alternatively, use salt-call --local. ps1" runas=XYZ shell=powershell. d","path":"conf/cloud. version vim-enhanced. The master is not responding. Note. Generated on October 04, 2022 at 04:. 16. No branches or pull requests. sls file, to map Salt states to the authorized minion. 7 introduced a few new functions to the saltutil module for managing jobs. For this complete process can I automate everything as part of same state file which will run : salt 'minionname' state. Follow. 15. runners. install_os state. More Powerful Targets. call (name, func, args=(), kws=None, output_loglevel='debug', hide_output=False,. The * is the target, which specifies all minions. 2 | Chapter 3. get']('example:key', {}) }} salt. apply test= True salt '*' state. Re: NI Salt-Minion Service could not be started. run commands. If the master server cannot be # resolved, then the minion will fail to start. To start setting up the pillar, the /srv/pillar directory needs to be present: mkdir /srv/pillar. g. The Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with the results of said commands. run "C:UsersXYZDesktopmy_script. The only option could be , I call the salt-minion on Salt master. If you add state_events: True to your master configuration, then you can view the general progress by running salt-run state. highstate') The jid variable here is the Salt "job ID" for the highstate job. Output similar to this indicates a. Sep. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. # Set the location of the salt master server. }' lookup the job id result on the master salt-run jobs. The Salt client: the salt command. The first argument passed to salt, defines the target minions, the target minions are. @max-arnold The problem is position arguments and key word evaluation, implying making reserved key words out of minion, but didn't know the problem at the time, and given Tiamat based salt-minion have been around since 2019 (native minions). If you don't have this, salt-minion can't report some installed software. get fqdn command in the Salt master's terminal. One of my Saltstack Installations always has a 5 Second Delay on every salt command i run on it, i. 想在 minion 端直接执行状态. 09-20-2018 09:35 PM. Package Parameters. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. For example, the HTTP runner can trigger a webhook. Options-h, --help Print a usage message briefly summarizing these command-line options. Clear the cache: sudo yum clean expire-cache. sh curl-fsSL -o install_salt_sha256 # Verify file integrity SHA_OF_FILE=$. Create a master. sudo dnf install salt-minion. Salt SSH: Install Salt for development: If you plan to contribute to the Salt codebase, use this installation method. A Salt master can also be managed like a minion and can be a target if it is running the minion service. execute']. CLI Example:. runner. If you want to get some more information on the nitty-gritty of salt's logging system, please head over to the logging development document, if all you're after is salt's logging configurations, please continue reading. Generated on November 19, 2023 at 04:03:35 UTC. [BUG] API CherryPy Salt request timed out. 1 Dependency Versions: cffi: Not Installed cherrypy: unknown dateutil: 2. 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. After 8+ hours, I was finally able to run a command on Salt Heist minion: salt minion1 grains. It is also useful for testing out state trees before deploying to a production setup. --config-dump ¶. 1. More Powerful Targets. versions. would be similar to: ansible localhost -m ping. Encrypted Communication ChannelsYou’ll get a better test introduction to these components in the tutorial, but it is helpful to a general idea of the role each component plays in SaltStack. On your Salt master, run the following command to apply the Top file: salt '*' state. We can modify users, put down files as users (file. Salt-call is used to run a Standalone Minion, and was originally created for troubleshooting. down runner: salt-run manage. Before upgrading your Salt minion or. To apply this state onto a minion - e. -t TIMEOUT, --timeout =TIMEOUT. 2. . You could use commands from salt. Even have testing with minion_xxx, so this is very much a corner case. run with runas), etc. d directory. . py is created in the runners directory and contains a function called. key event. run ‘cd C:; ls’ shell=powershell. presence. To view the available disk space in the minion, use the command: sudo salt '*' disk. sudo salt <minion name> pkg. The Salt ping command checks that a minion responds. CLI Example:Install only the minion service by running the following command: sudo yum install salt-minion; Answer y to all prompts to accept all changes. The final step in the installation process is for the Salt master to accept the Salt minion keys. sudo apt-get install salt-master salt-minion salt-ssh salt-cloud salt-doc. Targeting minions is specifying which minions should run a command or execute a state by matching against hostnames, or system information, or defined groups, or even combinations thereof. 9. The most common option would be to use the root user. 176 1 1 silver badge 4 4 bronze badges. redis_cluster: redis_cluster_instances_create: salt. 236 Seconds to run, while a different System does not have the Delay. 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. A simple command to start with looks like this: salt '*' test. 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. stop zabbix-agent. We have a lengthy process for issues and PRs. Share. note: it's important to have shell=powershell as it does not work with cmd only. You may need to run your command with --async #58775. sudo systemctl start salt-minionWhere I first run the salt minion state. 38. This ensures that the commands sent to the Minions cannot be tampered with, and that communication between Master and Minion is authenticated through trusted, accepted keys. Using the Minions workspace. e. 2. cmd_async ('minion-name', 'state. 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. Salt syntax: salt --subset=4 '*' service. d directory. Usage:Problem Unable to assign the output from cmd. The command to run determines where you are executing the command (Salt. 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. Salt runs on the master work only if the targeted minions by accident are connected to the master on which you issue the salt command and not to any other master. interfaces salt-call --local dockerng. the states have a tgt function that tells the orchestration which minion to target for that function. 20 (32-bit) ScaleOut StateServer x64 Edition ScaleOut StateServer. Enable and start the services for salt-minion, salt-master, or other Salt components:WalterInSH commented on Nov 25, 2015. Docker creates an image with tag ‘salt-minion’ and throws away all intermediate images after a successful build. You can query the grains on the minions to find out more about them: salt '*' grains. 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. Currently, the salt-minion service startup is delayed by 30 seconds. 2) Turn on the computer. Targeting minions is specifying which minions should run a command or execute a state by matching against hostnames, or system information, or defined groups, or even combinations thereof. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. 9. Create a job in the SaltStack Config user interface that adds the pillar data to the Salt master using the salt-run command, which uses the Salt. interface_ip <interface_name>. An AES key is used for encryption. run in my Salt State. note: it's important to have shell=powershell as it does not work with cmd only. The command to execute, remember that the command will execute with the path and permissions of the salt-minion. 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. Before we can start using salt-ssh to manage our new minion server we will first need to tell salt-ssh how to connect to that server. Open the RaaS configuration file in /etc/raas/raas. Install the Salt master service and the minion service on the Salt master node: sudo yum install salt-master sudo yum install salt-minion. . load_avg=1, threshold=5'" run Started: 10:20:31. It is the remote execution utility to interface with the Salt master-minion architecture. orchestrate orch. 11. get fqdn command in the Salt master's terminal. it is called using salt-run such as salt-run state. signal restart to restart the Apache server specifies the machine web1 as the target and. Linux or macOS / OSX # Download curl-fsSL -o install_salt. jobs. event pretty=True. ping -l debug [DEBUG ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master [DEBUG ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: srv-kd-db1 [DEBUG ] Missing configuration file: /root/. list_jobs salt-run jobs. You need to add your salt minion to your master. Looks like salt-master not received the above response, it asking for that jid again to salt-minion [DEBUG ] Command details {u'tgt_type': u'list', u'jid': u'20200715071235735268', u'tgt': [u' node-name'], u'ret': u'', u'user': u'root',. 3) Open a command prompt window. highstate env=stg How do I achieve this? My. run 'tail -n100 /var/log/salt/minion. run machine3: - test. Assuming this minion is a master, execute a salt command. version tells the minion to run the test. Minions are nodes running the minion service, which can listen. This system is used to send commands and configurations to the Salt minion that is running on managed systems. To support salt orchestration on masterless minions, the Orchestrate Runner is available as an execution module. To identify the FQDN of the Salt master, run the salt saltmaster grains. The grains interface is made available to Salt modules and components so that the right salt minion commands are automatically available on the right systems. Note the output, we see the minion caching all required data in the system from the master before applying the states. 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 created the my-minion user, gave it sudo privileges and made sure that no password is required for command execution and configured the minion accordingly. Run these commands on each system that you want to manage using Salt. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. If it returns true then the target is actually connected and the problem is on the server side. apply or any other Salt commands that require Salt master authentication. -t TIMEOUT, --timeout =TIMEOUT. At the Welcome screen insert the Minion USB flash drive. 5. Afterwards, you can install the relevant software: sudo apt-get update. you can handle that part. 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. Move the " minion1 " and minion2 " servers, then run the DNF command below to install the "salt-minion" package. apply #calling state. See Configuring the Salt Minion for more information. This command applies the top file to the targeted minions. Proxy minions: Send and receive commands from minions that, for whatever reason, can’t run the standard salt-minion service. root. deploy runner to deploy a Heist minion via salt-run; 3. For example in my case I did. fire', [payload,tag]) As you noticed, I'm creating a local salt-master client which will take the default configuration (/etc/salt/master) You can read more about Salt's Python. The timeout in seconds to wait for replies from the Salt minions. atlanta, edge*. i use this command from here How to execute a powershell command as user XYZ?: salt '<minion>' cmd. 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. (NB I doubt this works on windows!)Salt reactors trigger one of the following systems: Remote execution: run an execution module on the targeted minions. Masterless States, run states entirely from files local to the minion. i use this command from here How to execute a powershell command as user XYZ?: salt '<minion>' cmd. You can then use salt-run jobs. safe_accept minion1,minion2 tgt_type = list salt. The output in Salt commands can be configured to present the data in other formats using Salt outputters. 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. If this parameter is set, the command will run inside a chroot. To run a command: Click Targets in the side menu to open the Targets workspace. New in version 2020. 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. The condition always return true even if the load_avg in the minion is not really equal or beyond the threshold. salt-run manage. manage referenced at this page which clearly mention. d/ - clean: True. Many other targeting options are available, including targeting a specific minion by its ID or targeting minions by their shared traits or characteristics (called grains in Salt). 0, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands which modify installed packages from the salt-minion daemon's control group. 3 docker-py. 1. Targeting Minions. This function is designed to have terrible performance. modules. Depending on your OS you can upgrade SaltStack using you package manager. The. run with runas), etc. Run salt '*' saltutil. This state ensures that a service is running on the Salt minion: Make sure the mysql service is running: service. state: - tgt: '*redis*' - highstate: TrueThe Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with the results of said commands. You'll have to run S3X from the root user, I don't see a way around that, but it's definitely doable. signal restart to restart the Apache server specifies the machine web1 as the target and. You may also need to fully qualify the path to any binaries (such as /bin/sh rather than just sh), as the cmd. Indeed this snippet functions perfectly when executed with sudo salt-run state. state: - tgt: '*redis*' - highstate: TrueThe Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with the results of said commands. While there are many ways to run Salt modules and functions, administrators can get a sense of the. 9. The current status of a service is determined by the return code of the init/rc script status command. This is particularly useful when checking if the master is connected to any Heist-Salt minions. Place a beacon. It was intended to be used to kick off salt orchestration jobsThe location of the Salt configuration directory. This enables you to run a script before Salt-SSH tries to run any commands. See Pillar and Pillar walkthrough for more information. 1) Connect the computer to the private network to allow communication with the master Salt machine. 0. This should only need to be done if a fileserver update was interrupted and a remote is not updating (generating a warning in the Master's log file). For example: master: 192. E. e. Use the salt-key -L command on the master system to obtain a list of the keys of all registered minions. salt '*' cmd. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. The pillar data is then mapped to minions based on matchers in a top file which is laid out in the same way as the state. After the key is rotated, all Salt minions must re-authenticate to receive the updated key. The salt client can only be run on the Salt master. g. By default the salt-minion daemon will attempt to. onlyif. . 1 shows how a runner can be used to communicate with third-party applications and allow for passing data received from minions Salt commands can be executed in different ways: Remote execution - using the salt command from the Salt master. Now configure the Salt minion by editing the configuration file at /etc/salt/minion. If you want to terminate the job after some timeout then you can run salt '*' saltutil. interfaces. Change the state_output in master's configuration file. Salt master is the command-and-control center for salt minions. apply and from minion , I can't run salt command as salt binary is part of Salt master . Everything was working great until i ran a glob "salt 'win' cmd. Replace <minion_id> with the ID of the minion, and replace <interface_name> with the name. salt-cloud -d my-vm-name # destroy the my-vm-name virtual machine. apply --state-output=mixed. The Minions get this request and run the command and return the job information to the Master. The user name to run the command as. Proxy minions are a developing Salt feature that enables controlling devices that, for whatever reason, cannot run a standard salt-minion. This library forms the core of the HTTP modules. -d,--daemon ¶ Run the salt-api as a daemon--pid-file =PIDFILE ¶ Specify the location of the pidfile. The master must be restarted within 60 seconds of running this command or the minions will think there is something wrong with the keys and abort. wait if you want to use the watch requisite. Targeting minions is specifying which minions should run a command or execute a state by matching against hostnames, or system information, or defined groups, or even combinations thereof. To accept a minion. For example, if a Python module named test. In this file, provide the master’s IP address. Run an arbitrary shell command: salt '*' cmd. Create a private copy of /etc/salt for the user and run the command with -c /new/config/path. directory: - name: /etc/supervisord/conf. Similarly, you can use salt’s cmd. runners. powershell with no cmdlets/params) and then after a bit I had to CTRL. There is a feature in Salt that enables the minions to run in a masterless mode. Normally the salt-call command checks into the master to retrieve file server and pillar data, but when running standalone salt-call needs to be instructed to not check the master for this data. You'll have to run S3X from the root user, I don't see a way around that, but it's definitely doable. The Minions workspace is used to view minion details, run ad-hoc jobs or commands, and create new targets. This is the same output as salt-key -L. This top file associates the data. managed has user/group arguments), run commands as users (cmd. -. New in version 2020. run 'powershell. Step 10: Open the following file to set the minion ID. Indeed this snippet functions perfectly when executed with sudo salt-run state. Additionally, the salt-call command can execute operations to enforce state on the salted master without requiring the minion to be running. 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. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. name The command to execute, remember that the command will execute with the path and permissions of the salt-minion. For example the command salt web1 apache. There is also a Salt extension that provides the heist. These functions are: running Returns the data of all running jobs that are found in the proc directory. Such as: salt My-server cmd. As the core functionality if based on the Proxy Runner, check out first the notes from The Proxy Runner to understand how to have the. A status return code of 0 it is considered running. Default: 5-s,--static ¶ By default as of version 0. Here I am targeting to salt-minion on my state. Salt Runners: These are tasks you would start using salt-run. SaltStack Cheat Sheet. telling the master what to do. usage - network. So running the below command on Salt master. onlyif A command to run as a check, run the named command only if the command passed to the onlyif option returns true unlessConfigure the Salt minion, to send the specific grains to the Salt master, in the minion config file: /etc/salt/minion #. Salt Runners: These are tasks you would start using salt-run. For example. Install the python-pyinotify package on minion1: sudo salt 'minion1' pkg. Often Used Salt Commands 8 / 98Used to cache a single file on the Minion. The run function enables any shell command to be executed in the remote system as shown in the code block below. 11. For example the command salt web1 apache. runners. There are installers available for Python 3. 1. New in version 2016. Central management system. salt – main CLI to execute commands across minions in parallel and query them too. Description When I'm hitting via cherrypy "/minions" I receive 500, but when I'm using CLI, everything works correctly. To invoke these rules, simply execute salt '*' state. IT administrators can apply this scenario to configure any state, including a state that will set up a new master. Options --version Print the version of Salt that is running. sudo systemctl start salt-minioncheck the output of state. Configuring the Salt Minion. salt-run: This command is used to run runner modules on the master server. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. A Salt runner can be a simple client call or a complex application. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs. Another option is to use the manage.