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salt — Execute commands and assert state on remote salt minions. More information: <https://docs.saltprojec

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Problem

How to use the salt command: Execute commands and assert state on remote salt minions. More information: <https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/cli/index.html>.

Solution

salt — Execute commands and assert state on remote salt minions. More information: <https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/cli/index.html>.

List connected minions:

salt '*' test.ping

Execute a highstate on all connected minions:

salt '*' state.highstate

Upgrade packages using the OS package manager (apt, yum, brew) on a subset of minions:

salt '*.example.com' pkg.upgrade

Execute an arbitrary command on a particular minion:

salt '{{minion_id}}' cmd.run "ls "

Code Snippets

List connected minions

salt '*' test.ping

Execute a highstate on all connected minions

salt '*' state.highstate

Upgrade packages using the OS package manager (apt, yum, brew) on a subset of minions

salt '*.example.com' pkg.upgrade

Execute an arbitrary command on a particular minion

salt '{{minion_id}}' cmd.run "ls "

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tldr-pages: common/salt

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