Saltstack

SaltStack is a cross-platform/opensource system/configuration management tool written in python.
I moved from ansible to saltstack because more flexible.

Documentation

homepage	https://www.saltstack.com/
module ref	https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/salt-modindex.html
minion config	https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/configuration/minion.html
master config

Locations

/var/log/saltstack/{master,minion}	logs
{prefix}/etc/salt	config dir

Notes

Basics

saltstack concepts

saltstack install

saltstack configuration

saltstack platform notes

saltstack usage

Components

saltstack statefiles	recipes for system state
saltstack pillar	encrypted passwords/files
saltstack grains	facts about systems (ostype, cpu-arch, ..)
saltstack testing

Customization

saltstack custom states	states that can be applied in .sls files
saltstack custom jinja
saltstack custom execution modules	commands that can be applied using salt, salt-call, or {% do salt.<module>.<function> %}
saltstack patching	you can patch saltstack modules/states if they are broken

Notes

saltstack state cookbook

saltstack troubleshooting