User:Maffblaster/Drafts/Salt
Salt is a remote execution and configuration manager.
Installation
Kernel
USE flags
USE flags for app-admin/salt Salt is a remote execution and configuration manager
+zeromq
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Add support for the zeromq transport. |
cheetah
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Enable support for dev-python/cheetah3 |
cherrypy
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Enable support for using cherrypy. |
genshi
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Enable support for dev-python/genshi |
gnupg
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Enable support for gnupg via python-gnupg. |
keyring
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Enable support for freedesktop.org Secret Service API password store |
ldap
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Add LDAP support (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol) |
libcloud
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Enable salt-cloud support via libcloud. |
libvirt
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Support managing virtual machines with app-emulation/libvirt. |
mako
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Add support for using the mako template engine for parsing salt states. |
mongodb
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Support returning data to a mongodb server. |
neutron
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Support the OpenStack neutron network service. |
nova
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Enable support for the OpenStack Nova API |
openssl
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Add support for using TLS via OpenSSL. |
portage
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Add support for package state enforcement using sys-apps/portage |
profile
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Add support for software performance analysis (will likely vary from ebuild to ebuild) |
raet
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Add support for the new RAET transport. |
redis
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Support returning data to a redis database. |
selinux
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!!internal use only!! Security Enhanced Linux support, this must be set by the selinux profile or breakage will occur |
test
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Enable dependencies and/or preparations necessary to run tests (usually controlled by FEATURES=test but can be toggled independently) |
vim-syntax
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Pulls in related vim syntax scripts |
Emerge
root #emerge --ask app-admin/saltConfiguration
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Environment variables
Files
- /etc/global_file_example - Global (system wide) configuration file.
- ~/.local_file_example - Local (per user) configuration file.
Usage
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Invocation
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Troubleshooting
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Removal
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Unmerge
root #emerge --ask --depclean --verbose app-admin/saltSee also
- CFEngine - An automated suite of programs for configuring and maintaining Unix-like computers.
- Puppet - A configuration management system written in Ruby
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References
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