SaltStack on CentOS 6.x

Had a play with SaltStack↗ today, it’s a good way to manage multiple machines from a central location. It runs as a Server (master) and client (minion). First we need to install the Salt-Master, this assumes you are installing on CentOS and don’t mind having EPEL installed on both the master and minion …. SaltStack on CentOS 6.x 1/3 # y y # y c s s # # y c s s u u u h e e u h e e I m m I m k d r I R m k d r n n c v n e c v s u i s i o - i s p i o - i t p n t n n i c t l n n i c a d s a s f e a a s f e l a t l t i ‘ l c t i ‘ l t a l a g s s l e a g s s e l l / a l / a E l t l s # l t $ l s # l P - h a i t h s a m t E y h e s l n - e a s l a - L t a t t m l a t s m t s l - e a s t l - t i a p a t m r s a - t m e n n : l - a f t l m - i r i d / t m s a e t a m n : o / - a t c r - s i i n U f m s e e m t n o s p t a t r : s i e i n a s d p s e t n r o l t a . t r o 0 a i . n o t a t l e n . r o y n / r e i r 0 t n o m t n . u a o u 0 r s n x . d t . 0 o e b n / m r o c i a : t s n i h u t n m . e . a t e r c n h d f o a e u a m g / c e m p e w r a u : i . s b t y t / 0 h o e e . u r p 0 t r e . h d a l 0 e o n / . m d 6 0 F a / / Q i m i g D n i 3 ’ N . n 8 c i 6 / o o o / e f m n e t / s p c y g e / o ’ l s u - a r / r l e e t s t l / a c e m l / a a t s s s - a e t m l - e a t 6 r s / - t m 8 e i . r n n i o o a n r c h . r p m Now we have a minion talking to the master we need to accept the certificate; SaltStack on CentOS 6.x 2/3 s s a a l l t t - - k k e e y y - - L A [ h o s t n a m e ] Thats it, you can now run commands across all your machines e.g. SaltStack on CentOS 6.x 3/3 s s s s s s s a a a a a a a l l l l l l l t t t t t t t ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ * * * * * * * ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ t g g c c c c e r r m m m m s a a d d d d t i i . . . . . n n h r r r p s s a u u u i . . s n n n n l i _ g s t e “ “ “ e x s s y m e e e u s c r r m v v s i i u e c c p r e e d v a i n n t c g g e e i i n n - x x y ” s s t t o a p r ” t ” For further reading RTFM↗ .