Salt allows for commands to be executed across a swath of remote systems in parallel. This means that remote systems can be both controlled and queried with ease.
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The timeout in seconds to wait for replies from the Salt minions. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs.
By default as of version 0.9.8 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. To only return the data with a hard timeout and after all minions have returned then use the static option.
Instead of waiting for the job to run on minions only print the jod id of the started execution and complete.
Instead of executing on all targeted minions at once, execute on a progressive set of minions. This option takes an argument in the form of an explicit number of minions to execute at once, or a percentage of minions to execute on.
Pass in an external authentication medium to validate against. The credentials will be prompted for. Can be used with the -T option.
Used in conjunction with the -a option. This creates a token that allows for the authenticated user to send commands without needing to re-authenticate.
Print the version of Salt that is running.
Show program's dependencies version number and exit
The target expression will be interpreted as a pcre regular expression rather than a shell glob.
The target expression will be interpreted as a comma delimited list, example: server1.foo.bar,server2.foo.bar,example7.quo.qux
The target expression matches values returned by the Salt grains system on the minions. The target expression is in the format of '<grain value>:<glob expression>'; example: 'os:Arch*'
This was changed in version 0.9.8 to accept glob expressions instead of regular expression. To use regular expression matching with grains use the --grain-pcre option.
The target expression matches values returned by the Salt grains system on the minions. The target expression is in the format of '<grain value>:< regular expression>'; example: 'os:Arch.*'
Utilize many target definitions to make the call very granular. This option takes a group of targets separated by and or or. The default matcher is a glob as usual, if something other than a glob is used preface it with the letter denoting the type, example: 'webserv* and G@os:Debian or E@db*' make sure that the compound target is encapsulated in quotes.
Instead of using shell globs use the return code of a function.
Use a predefined compound target defined in the Salt master configuration file.
Instead of using shell globs to evaluate the target use a pillar value to identify targets, the syntax for the target is the pillar key followed by a glob expression: "role:production*"
Match based on Subnet (CIDR notation) or IPv4 address.
Instead of using shell globs to evaluate the target use a range expression to identify targets. Range expressions look like %cluster.
Using the Range option requires that a range server is set up and the location of the range server is referenced in the master configuration file.
Chose an alternative returner to call on the minion, if an alternative returner is used then the return will not come back to the command line but will be sent to the specified return system.
The location of the Salt configuration directory, this directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt.
Turn on verbosity for the salt call, this will cause the salt command to print out extra data like the job id.
Return the documentation for the module functions available on the minions
Pass in an alternative outputter to display the return of data. This outputter can be any of the available outputters: grains, highstate, json, key, overstatestage, pprint, raw, txt, yaml Some outputters are formatted only for data returned from specific functions, for instance the grains outputter will not work for non grains data. If an outputter is used that does not support the data passed into it, then Salt will fall back on the pprint outputter and display the return data using the python pprint library.
Print the output indented by the provided value in spaces. Negative values disables indentation. Only applicable in outputters that support indentation.
Disable all colored output
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