Intro
Table of Contents
About the Author
About the Technical Reviewer
Introduction
Chapter 1: Understanding Salt and Configuration Automation
Partnerships and Open Source Projects
Open Source Configuration Management Projects
Salt
Ansible
Puppet
Chef
Salt Products
What Can Salt Do
Summary
Chapter 2: Installing Salt
Configuring the Lab Environment
Configuring the Salt Master
Installing Salt
Python Installer
Bootstrap Installer
Accepting the Minion Key
Review Minion Configuration
Everything Is Python!

Installing the First Independent Salt Minion
Salt-Key and Key Files
Minion Keys
Salt Master Firewall Requirements
Summary
Chapter 3: Adding and Removing Salt Minions
Salt Minion Configuration
Regenerating Salt Minion Keys
Accepting Keys
Supported Salt Minion Platforms
Summary
Chapter 4: Targeting Salt Minions
Salt Minion Targeting
Default Minion ID Globbing
Lists
Targeting Using PCRE
Targeting Using Grains
Targeting Nodegroups
Targeting Subnets
Targeting Using Pillar Data
Using Compound Matches
Discovering the Mechanics of Matching

Supported Salt Platforms
Summary
Chapter 5: Working with Remote Execution Modules in Salt Open
Execution Modules
Accessing Help on Execution Modules
Using Web-Based Help
Implementing Configuration Changes Using Execution Modules
Installing Software Packages
Having to Understand the Target System and Version Changes
Investigating Agnostic Behavior
Managing Services
Managing Files
Summary
Chapter 6: Writing YAML Files
YAML?
Gain Practice Writing YAML
Editing YAML Files
Using Nano
Using Vim
Persisting YAML Configuration for SLS Files

Using Graphical Editors/IDEs
Summary
Chapter 7: Writing Salt State Files
State vs. Flow
State File Location
Configuring File Roots
Creating Salt State Files
Configuring the Time Zone from a State File
Applying State Files
Previewing Actions
Salt Rendering Engines
Applying State Files Locally
Configuring Packages and Services
Configuring Files Using State Files
Debugging State Files
Using Salt Formulas
Summary
Chapter 8: Building an Effective State Tree
Salt Top File
Simple Top File
Viewing the Assigned States
Organizing Content

Debugging the State Tree
Summary
Chapter 9: Creating Reusable State Files
Working with Grains
Using Simple Jinja Logic
Streamlining Jinja Logic
Using YAML Map Files
Implementing Custom Grains
Creating a File System Structure
Saving Custom Grains
Implementing Custom Grains
Adding Reliability to Our Application Using Require Statements
Linking the init.sls
Using Pillar Data
Using Other Rendering Engines
Native Pure Performance
View Rendering Actions
Summary
Chapter 10: Implementing Reactors and Beacons
The Beating Heart of Salt: The Event Bus