salt-minion1
Salt-minion documentation the salt minion daemon, receives commands from a remote salt master.
Usage
salt-minion [ options ]Overview
The Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with the results of said commands.
Options
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--version -
Print the version of Salt that is running.
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--versions-report -
Show program’s dependencies and version number, and then exit
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-h, --help -
Show the help message and exit
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-c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_dir -
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.
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-u USER, --user=USER -
Specify user to run salt-minion
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-d, --daemon -
Run salt-minion as a daemon
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--pid-file PIDFILE -
Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt-minion.pid
Logging Options
Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files.
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-l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL -
Console logging log level. One of
all,garbage,trace,debug,info,warning,error,quiet. Default:warning.
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--log-file=LOG_FILE -
Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/minion.
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--log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE -
Logfile logging log level. One of
all,garbage,trace,debug,info,warning,error,quiet. Default:warning.
Releases
3 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 2 times.