23 participants. We have about 20 minions running on various servers throughout the country and need to be able to not only monitor them, but also issue commands and mysql queries from time to time. The timeout in seconds to wait for replies from the Salt minions. If it returns true then the target is actually connected and the problem is on the server side. absent on the directory, then recreate it. lookup_jid to look up the results of the job in the job cache later. sh curl-fsSL -o install_salt_sha256 # Verify file integrity SHA_OF_FILE=$. The Minions workspace includes a list of all Salt minions that are running the minion service and that are currently managed by SaltStack Config. 2-AMD64-Setup. If you get back only hostnames with a : after, but no return, chances are there is a problem with one or more of the sls files. Step 4 - Running Commands Inside the Container. apply or any other Salt commands that require Salt master authentication. These methods can be used to retrieve user tokens from the salt master and/or run arbitrary commands on salt minions. 11. note: it's important to have shell=powershell as it does not work with cmd only. -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. So running the below command on Salt master. powershell function that pipes the result of a command through ConvertTo-JSON. To view the available disk space in the minion, use the command: sudo salt '*' disk. This allows a remote user to access some methods without authentication. If you are using a demo environment your event bus is probably quiet, so open another terminal and send a salt '*' test. These modules provide functionality such as installing packages, restarting a service, running a remote command, transferring files, and so on. What I have done to move from base saltenv to production one is the following: in states top. Place a beacon. get_opts() Return the configuration options passed to this minion. Central management system. Now the /srv/pillar/data. Difficulty : Targeting is how you select Salt minions when running commands, applying configurations, and when doing almost anything else in SaltStack that involves a Salt minion. I want to execute a certain script in all the salt-minions connected from salt-master and provide me the exit status from the salt-minions so that I can determine the salt states would be declared pass or fail. presence. Minions are nodes running the minion service, which can listen. The salt-call command is used to run module functions locally on a minion instead of executing them from the master. To list the keys that are on the master run salt-key list command: # salt-key -L The keys that have been rejected, accepted and pending acceptance are listed. versions. This is necessary because the SaltStack minion is responsible for collection of system metrics and sends the metrics to the Master, this also applies for the SaltStack Master. There is also a Salt extension that provides the heist. This may be a bug in 2015. -t, --timeout ¶. ps1. sls file creates some general abstractions: Maps what nodes should pull from which environments. Share. See Targeting. After installing the Salt minion service: Configure each minion to communicate with the master by creating a master. Use cmd. Estimated time: 10 minutes. 0. 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. Open a terminal to the salt-vagrant-demo-master directory and run vagrant up. Move the " minion1 " and minion2 " servers, then run the DNF command below to install the "salt-minion" package. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. A Salt master can also be managed like a minion and can be a target if it is running the minion service. key event. Additionally, the salt-call command can execute operations to enforce state on the salted master without requiring the minion to be running. 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. If the Salt master and Salt minions are not communicating, see Troubleshooting Automation. down removekeys=True. apply fable: Minion did not return. up You can also run a Salt test ping from the master to the. To accept a minion. Minions are nodes running the minion. If this option is enabled then sudo will be used to change the active user executing the remote command. Input Y to confirm the installation and press ENTER. up - ubuntuAsus. ping command, or restart the salt-minion service on one of your minions. Using the Salt REST API. salt -v '*' pkg. get 'hwaddr_interfaces' run grains on all minions for retrieve CPU model:. For example, to check disk space on all nodes:. After the key is rotated, all Salt minions must re-authenticate to receive the updated key. Follow. 2. The Salt system is amazingly simple and easy to configure, the two components of the Salt system each have a respective configuration file. 1. 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. Now create a simple top file, following the same format as the top file used for states: /srv/pillar/top. Both are Python modules which contain functions and each public function is a runner which may be executed via the salt-run command. This library forms the core of the HTTP modules. The default behavior is to run as the user under which Salt is running. usage - network. Share. Salt-call is used to run a Standalone Minion, and was originally created for troubleshooting. The output of md5sum <salt minion exe> should match the contents of the corresponding md5 file. In the Salt ecosystem, the Salt master is a server that is running the Salt master service. 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. install apache2 . saltproject. sudo apt-get install salt-master salt-minion salt-ssh salt-cloud salt-doc. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. . The first argument passed to salt, defines the target minions, the target minions are. 0. Path to the root of the jail to use. 0 minions, 0. See Configuring the Salt Minion for more information. And compare between different runs. Closed. The Salt Master is contacted to retrieve state files and other resources during execution unless the --local option is specified. salt. 8. A Salt runner can be a simple client call or a complex application. Any other return code is. Replace <minion_id> with the ID of the minion, and replace. Configuring the Salt Minion. source_hash. ping. The command is: $ docker build --rm=true -t salt-minion . This functionality allows for specific states to be run with their own custom minion configuration, including different pillars, file_roots, etc. 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. 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. 4. CLI Example: Apr 24 at 11:56. If you add state_events: True to your master configuration, then you can view the general progress by running salt-run state. If you then run a highstate with cache=True it will use that cached highdata and won't hit the fileserver except for salt:// links in the states themselves. Usage:Problem Unable to assign the output from cmd. A standalone minion can be used to do a number of things: Use salt-call commands on a system without connectivity to a master. 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. peer: machine2: machine1: - test. 6 Answers. Sorted by: 13. We will call salt with the cmd. 4, or to a recent doc build from the master branch. hi, the lookup_jid does not include failures etc or can you tell me exact command? – avi. Configure the Salt minion, to send the specific grains to the Salt master, in the minion config file: /etc/salt/minion #. If you get back only hostnames with a : after, but no return, chances are there is a problem with one or more of the sls files. Run these commands on each system that you want to manage using Salt. run ‘cd C:; ls’ shell=powershell. In Jinja there is an execution module: { { salt ["test. When LocalClient wants to publish a command to minions, it connects to the master by issuing. lookup_jid to look up the results of the job in the job cache later. run state, only for Docker. It was intended to be used to kick off salt orchestration jobs The location of the Salt configuration directory. 3 specifically. Run the salt-key command to list the keys known to the Salt Master:Salt Proxy Minion. Configure each minion to communicate with the Salt master by creating a master. You can also see the event on the master-side with the following command: salt-run state. 3 Answers. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. Targeting Minions. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. To check the free memory on the Minion, run the following command: salt '*' cmd. On your Windows machine, verify that the C: WindowsSystem32driversetchosts file is configured with the Salt master's IP and FQDN. apply test= True salt '*' state. Append the /etc/salt/minion file. events though this can also be a touch noisy. When running Salt in masterless mode, it is not required to run the salt-minion daemon. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. Enter salt-run commands with the prefix runners. Salt syntax: salt --subset=4 '*' service. During this process, a saltutil. Accept the Salt minion keys after the Salt minion connects. You'll have to run S3X from the root user, I don't see a way around that, but it's definitely doable. 9. The command to execute, remember that the command will execute with the path and permissions of the salt-minion. 7 in the Sodium release or later. master 与 minion 网络不通或通信有延迟，即网络不稳定. 38. Currently, the salt-minion service startup is delayed by 30 seconds. A Salt runner can be a simple client call or a complex application. Using orchestration. last_run. 3, and 2016. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. states. 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. autosign_grains: - uuid. By default the bootstrap. A common workaround is to schedule restarting the minion service in the background by issuing a salt-call command using the service. vim /etc/salt/minion_id. exe | md5. version salt-call --local dockerng. version. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. sudo apt-get install salt-master salt-minion salt-ssh salt-cloud salt-doc. in pillars top. wait if you want to use the watch requisite. List all available functions on your minions: salt '*' sys. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs. 2. Update the salt minion from the URL defined in opts['update_url'] VMware,. Docker creates an image with tag ‘salt-minion’ and throws away all intermediate images after a successful build. root. Note: If you are using a hardened Linux VM, there are some situations where scripts cannot be run from /tmp on the VM. job event. 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. (django lib, etc. Wheel:. These functions are: running Returns the data of all running jobs that are found in the proc directory. Is there a way to use salt states, e. And the " salt-minion " installation will begin. salt-run jobs. On minions running systemd>=205, as of version 2015. 0. run with runas), etc. apply, which performs a highstate. cmd ('*', 'event. Not a perfect answer, but you could use file. Linux or macOS / OSX # Download curl-fsSL -o install_salt. A Salt syndic is a Salt master used to pass commands from a higher Salt master to minions below the syndic. Salt runners are convenience applications executed with the salt-run command. As this is the top hit on google and the accepted answer did not work for me. The others do not. Usage:Problem Unable to assign the output from cmd. Enter salt-run commands with the prefix runners. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. 7. To get help for this script, run the command svtminion. While there are many ways to run Salt modules and functions, administrators can get a sense. In this case, the minion acts as its own master. Many other targeting options are available, including targeting a specific minion by its ID or targeting minions by. modules. run. 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. If I now run salt '*' test. Follow. pid # The root directory prepended to these options. The same data structure and compiler used for the state system is used for the reactor system. pidThis service state uses whichever service module is loaded on the minion with the virtualname of service. The first argument indicates which minions to run the command on — ‘*’ targets all the minions. 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. E. list_jobs salt-run jobs. Run salt '*' saltutil. Depending on your OS you can upgrade SaltStack using you package manager. The * is the target, which specifies all minions. This is usually done be pressing the function Fn + F10 keys -or- Fn + F10 + Shift keys, simultaneously. sudo salt <minion name> pkg. threshold=5' Result: True Comment: Command "echo 'Load average is normal. 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. You may need to run your command with --async in order to bypass the congested event bus. it is called using salt-run such as salt-run state. Re: NI Salt-Minion Service could not be started. For example the command salt web1 apache. If you don't have this, salt-minion can't report some installed software. Afterwards, you can install the relevant software: sudo apt-get update. get fqdn command in the Salt master's terminal. install python-pyinotifysalt-run manage. #pidfile: /var/run/salt-minion. As you expected, minion1 and minion2 both applied the common state, and minion1 also applied the nettools state. Salt commands and states run the same whether you are targeting Linux, Windows, MacOS, FreeBSD, Solaris, or AIX, are on physical hardware or in the. * and cmd. version. Generated on November 19, 2023 at 04:03:35 UTC. This enables the AES key to rotate without interrupting the minion connection. The salt command is the ‘run stuff’ command. For example: master. A scheduled run has no output on the minion unless the configuration is set to info level or higher. Targeting Minions. get fqdn command in the Salt master's terminal. If they won't (and that's okay), you can use ; rather than &&. sudo dnf install -y salt-master salt-minion salt-ssh salt-syndic salt-cloud salt-api. Note. To check the free memory on the Minion, run the following command: salt '*' cmd. install_os state. runners. orchestrate and salt-run, while minion commands use salt. sudo dnf install salt-minion. It issues commands to one or more Salt minions, which are nodes that. manage. versions salt-cp Copy a file to a client or set of clients: salt-cp '*' foo. Schedule is implemented by refreshing the minion’s pillar data, for example by using saltutil. Open PowerShell on the Windows machine and run the following command to open the. To start setting up the pillar, the /srv/pillar directory needs to be present: mkdir /srv/pillar. SSH into the Salt master and add the pillar file to the master's directory using the standard Salt procedures for adding files to a master. 11. You’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. runners. deploy runner to deploy a Heist minion via salt-run; 3. When LocalClient wants to publish a command to minions, it connects to the master by issuing. 9. A single running salt-minion daemon manages state for all the users on the system. We can modify users, put down files as users (file. 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. d","path":"conf/cloud. 0. get']('example:key', {}) }} salt. 0. 2. The other method (not used very often) to apply specific states to the minion and from the minion is shown next. Restart the RaaS service using the service raas restart command. fire event from master $ salt-run event. conf file in the /etc/salt/minion. IT administrators can apply this scenario to configure any state, including a state that will set up a new master. 0, systemd-run(1) is now used to isolate commands which modify installed packages from the salt-minion daemon's control group. 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. ping Ubuntu1: True Running commands on salt minions from salt master. A simple command to start with looks like this: salt '*' test. This is necessary because the SaltStack minion is responsible for collection of system metrics and sends the metrics to the Master, this also applies for the SaltStack Master. However, they execute on the Salt Master instead of the Salt Minions. Salt can be controlled by a command line client by the root user on the Salt master. Options --version Print the version of Salt that is running. redis_cluster: redis_cluster_instances_create: salt. runner. This allows you to run salt-run commands. After installing the Salt minion service: Configure each minion to communicate with the master by creating a master. The CLI talks to the Master who is listening for the return messages as they are coming in on the ZMQ bus. Setup Salt Version: Salt: 3001. run commands. cmd_async ('minion-name', 'state. Note. highstate for a particular minion or all; View the seven most recent jobs run on Salt;. You need to write the script as below: import salt. Salt native minions are packaged to run directly on specific devices, removing the need for proxy minions running elsewhere on a network. Salt minions do not receive data from the Salt master until the key is accepted. run or cmd. Fired every time a minion connects the Salt master. By default the salt-minion daemon will attempt to. LocalClient () payload = ' {"foo": "bar"}' tag = 'custom/tag' local. Salt Minions. apply #calling state. Using the Salt Command Defining the Target Minions. Package Parameters. To accept all minion keys from the Salt Master, use the salt-key -A command. Share. Salt uses the master-client model in which a master node issues commands to a client node and the client. For example, we can run remote commands from the salt master command line, examples below: To check disk space. Salt-minion. accepted: key was accepted and the minion can communicate with the Salt master. Targeting Minions. Python3 AMD64: Salt-Minion-3004. junos. *. Local execution - using salt-call initiated on the Salt minion. To accept a minion. [BUG] API CherryPy Salt request timed out. The salt command is comprised of command options, target specification, the function to execute, and arguments to the function. 1. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt. You'll have to run S3X from the root user, I don't see a way around that, but it's definitely doable. -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. On your Salt master, run the following command to apply the Top file: salt '*' state. 9. runners. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs. highstate for a particular environment, say 'stg'. The default behavior is to run as the user under which Salt. In this state the minion does not receive any communication from the Salt master. }' lookup the job id result on the master salt-run jobs. For VMware Tools to create a salt-minion instance on a particular VM and connect the salt-minion with the salt-master, host admin must configure and set the guest variable for that VM. 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. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs. This will allow us to control our master server with Salt as well. --config-dump ¶. How is a Salt user supposed to learn what Heist is?. Even have testing with minion_xxx, so this is very much a corner case. threshold=5' Result: True Comment: Command "echo 'Load average is normal. Now create a simple top file, following the same format as the top file used for states: /srv/pillar/top. Create the Unprivileged User that the Salt Minion will Run As. The * is the target, which specifies all minions. run "C:UsersXYZDesktopmy_script. 3 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. salt-minion: Minion did not return. For a minion to start accepting commands from the master the minion keys need to be accepted. run '<your command>' runas=Administrator shell=powershell. safe_accept minion1,minion2 tgt_type = list salt. Install the Salt master service and the minion service on the Salt master node: sudo yum install salt-master sudo yum install salt-minion. This is what the client does every timeout seconds to check that the job is still running. To verify the availability of all currently registered minions, run the salt-run manage. send salt/key {'id': 'SRV1', 'act': 'accept',. The salt client can only be run on the Salt master. Run these commands on each system that you want to manage using Salt. Too many open files ¶ The salt-master needs at least 2 sockets per host that connects to. I also removed all existing minions (sudo salt-key -D -y) and only keep a few minions for testing version command, still same problem. Had same issue as you. 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.