SaltStack¶
SaltStack provides infrastructure automation and configuration management.
Salt Master¶
This package is used to send commands and configurations to the Salt minion running on managed systems.
Salt GUI¶
To log in to the included GUI, use the credentials of a local Synology user who belongs to the administrators group.
Caveats¶
Salt master is running as non-root. See Running Salt as an unprivileged user.
Salt Minion¶
This package runs the Salt minion which receives commands and configuration from a Salt master.
Configuration Files¶
| Package | Location |
|---|---|
| Salt Master | /var/packages/salt-master/etc/salt |
| Salt Minion | /var/packages/salt-minion/etc/salt |
Running Salt Commands¶
sudo su sc-salt-master -s /usr/bin/bash
salt -c /var/packages/salt-master/etc/salt '*' cmd.run 'ls -l'
Example Setup¶
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Install both salt-minion and salt-master
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Add salt-minion to salt-master (via SSH):
sudo su sc-salt-master -s /usr/bin/bash
salt-key -c /var/packages/salt-master/etc/salt --list all
salt-key -c /var/packages/salt-master/etc/salt -a dsm6
# Test and run commands:
salt -c /var/packages/salt-master/etc/salt '*' test.ping
salt -c /var/packages/salt-master/etc/salt '*' cmd.run 'ls -l'
Troubleshooting¶
Authentication error occurred.
Make sure that you are running commands as the salt-master user: