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Get started with Salt¶
A list of presentations and interviews on Salt (including the FLOSS
Weekly interview).
Salt is a remote execution and configuration management tool.
Salt is designed to be secure using AES encryption and public-key
authentication; incredibly scalable using an advanced ZeroMQ topology;
fast and efficient using msgpack; and extensible using small and simple
Python modules.
Read the Salt overview for a more thorough description.
Tutorial 1: Remote execution¶
Screencasts
Watch the remote execution screencast.
The quickest way to see Salt in action is to run a command on a minion
host from the master host. This is widely known as remote
execution â executing commands on remote hosts.
Tutorial 2: Configuration management¶
Now that you have the basics out of the way, learn to use Salt to configure
your servers. This is widely known as configuration management â
installing packages, configuring users and services, and much more.
Salt in depth¶
Setting up and using Salt is a simple task but its capabilities run much, much
deeper. Gaining a better understanding of how Salt works will allow you to
truly make it work for you.
The components of Salt
Targeting¶
Targeting is specifying which minions should execute commands or manage server
configuration.
Remote execution¶
Remote execution is the core functionality of Salt. Running pre-defined or
arbitrary commands on remote hosts.
Salt modules are the core of remote execution. They provide
functionality such as installing a package, restarting a service,
running a remote command, transferring a file â and the list goes on.
Salt returners allow saving minion responses in various datastores or
to various locations in addition to display at the CLI.
Configuration management¶
Building on the remote execution core is a robust and flexible config
management framework. Execution happens on the minions allowing
effortless, simultaneous configuration of thousands of hosts.
Express the state of a host using small, easy to read, easy to
understand configuration files. No programming required (unless you
want to).
Write state configuration files in the language, templating engine, or
file type of your choice. The world doesn’t need yet another DSL.
Miscellaneous topics¶
Salt is many splendid things.
Running Salt without root
Firewall settings and Salt
Reference¶
More information about the project¶
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