salt.states.debconfmod¶

Available Functions¶

The debconfmod state has two functions, the set and set_file functions

set

Set debconf selections from the state itself

set_file

Set debconf selections from a file

nullmailer-debconf:
  debconf.set:
    - name: nullmailer
    - data:
        'shared/mailname': {'type': 'string', 'value': 'server.domain.tld'}
        'nullmailer/relayhost': {'type': 'string', 'value': 'mail.domain.tld'}
ferm-debconf:
  debconf.set:
    - name: ferm
    - data:
        'ferm/enable': {'type': 'boolean', 'value': True}

salt.states.debconfmod.set(name, data)¶

Set debconf selections

<state_id>:
  debconf.set:
    - name: <name>
    - data:
        <question>: {'type': <type>, 'value': <value>}
        <question>: {'type': <type>, 'value': <value>}

<state_id>:
  debconf.set:
    - name: <name>
    - data:
        <question>: {'type': <type>, 'value': <value>}
        <question>: {'type': <type>, 'value': <value>}

name:

The package name to set answers for.

data:

A set of questions/answers for debconf. Note that everything under this must be indented twice.

question:

The question the is being pre-answered

type:

The type of question that is being asked (string, boolean, select, etc.)

value:

The answer to the question

salt.states.debconfmod.set_file(name, source, **kwargs)¶

Set debconf selections from a file

<state_id>:
  debconf.set_file:
    - source: salt://pathto/pkg.selections

<state_id>:
  debconf.set_file:
    - source: salt://pathto/pkg.selections?env=myenvironment

source:

The location of the file containing the package selections