salt-minion
Functions
The salt-minion is a primary component of Uyuni. It performs the following functions in the stack.
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Client-side main process for Salt clients (only pull method)
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Communicates the client with salt-master via Salt event bus (ZeroMQ)
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Executes the actions received from the Salt master on the client (minion)
salt-minion --help
The following options are available for the salt-minion. The following list is not comprehensive, for more information see: The Saltstack Docs
Options:
salt-minion --help Usage: salt-minion [options] The Salt Minion, receives commands from a remote Salt Master Options: --version show program's version number and exit -V, --versions-report Show program's dependencies version number and exit. -h, --help show this help message and exit --saltfile=SALTFILE Specify the path to a Saltfile. If not passed, one will be searched for in the current working directory. -c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_DIR Pass in an alternative configuration directory. Default: '/etc/salt'. -u USER, --user=USER Specify user to run salt-minion. -d, --daemon Run the salt-minion as a daemon. --pid-file=PIDFILE Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: '/var/run/salt-minion.pid'. Logging Options: Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files. -l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL Console logging log level. One of u'all', u'garbage', u'trace', u'debug', u'profile', u'info', u'warning', u'error', u'critical', u'quiet'. Default: 'warning'. --log-file=LOG_FILE Log file path. Default: '/var/log/salt/minion'. --log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE Logfile logging log level. One of u'all', u'garbage', u'trace', u'debug', u'profile', u'info', u'warning', u'error', u'critical', u'quiet'. Default: 'warning'. You can find additional help about salt-minion issuing "man salt-minion" or on http://docs.saltstack.com
Log Files
Logs for salt-minion are located in:
/var/log/salt/minion