salt-ssh

Synopsis

salt-ssh '*' [ options ] sys.doc

salt-ssh -E '.*' [ options ] sys.doc cmd

Description

Salt SSH allows for salt routines to be executed using only SSH for transport

Options

--version

Print the version of Salt that is running.

--versions-report

Show program's dependencies and version number, and then exit

-h, --help

Show the help message and exit

-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.

--hard-crash

Raise any original exception rather than exiting gracefully. Default: False.

-r, --raw, --raw-shell

Execute a raw shell command.

--roster

Define which roster system to use, this defines if a database backend, scanner, or custom roster system is used. Default is the flat file roster.

--roster-file

Define an alternative location for the default roster file location. The default roster file is called roster and is found in the same directory as the master config file.

New in version 2014.1.0.

--refresh, --refresh-cache

Force a refresh of the master side data cache of the target's data. This is needed if a target's grains have been changed and the auto refresh timeframe has not been reached.

--max-procs

Set the number of concurrent minions to communicate with. This value defines how many processes are opened up at a time to manage connections, the more running process the faster communication should be, default is 25.

--extra-filerefs=EXTRA_FILEREFS

Pass in extra files to include in the state tarball.

--min-extra-modules=MIN_EXTRA_MODS

One or comma-separated list of extra Python modulesto be included into Minimal Salt.

--thin-extra-modules=THIN_EXTRA_MODS

One or comma-separated list of extra Python modulesto be included into Thin Salt.

-v, --verbose

Turn on command verbosity, display jid.

-s, --static

Return the data from minions as a group after they all return.

-w, --wipe

Remove the deployment of the salt files when done executing.

-W, --rand-thin-dir

Select a random temp dir to deploy on the remote system. The dir will be cleaned after the execution.

-t, --regen-thin, --thin

Trigger a thin tarball regeneration. This is needed if custom grains/modules/states have been added or updated.

--python2-bin=PYTHON2_BIN

Path to a python2 binary which has salt installed.

--python3-bin=PYTHON3_BIN

Path to a python3 binary which has salt installed.

--jid=JID

Pass a JID to be used instead of generating one.

--pre-flight

Run the ssh_pre_flight script defined in the roster. By default this script will only run if the thin dir does not exist on the target minion. This option will force the script to run regardless of the thin dir existing or not.

Authentication Options

--priv=SSH_PRIV

Specify the SSH private key file to be used for authentication.

--priv-passwd=SSH_PRIV_PASSWD

Specify the SSH private key file's passphrase if need be.

-i, --ignore-host-keys

By default ssh host keys are honored and connections will ask for approval. Use this option to disable StrictHostKeyChecking.

--no-host-keys

Fully ignores ssh host keys which by default are honored and connections would ask for approval. Useful if the host key of a remote server has changed and would still error with --ignore-host-keys.

--user=SSH_USER

Set the default user to attempt to use when authenticating.

--passwd

Set the default password to attempt to use when authenticating.

--askpass

Interactively ask for the SSH password with no echo - avoids password in process args and stored in history.

--key-deploy

Set this flag to attempt to deploy the authorized ssh key with all minions. This combined with --passwd can make initial deployment of keys very fast and easy.

--identities-only

Use the only authentication identity files configured in the ssh_config files. See IdentitiesOnly flag in man ssh_config.

--sudo

Run command via sudo.

Scan Roster Options

--scan-ports=SSH_SCAN_PORTS

Comma-separated list of ports to scan in the scan roster.

--scan-timeout=SSH_SCAN_TIMEOUT

Scanning socket timeout for the scan roster.

Logging Options

Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files.

-l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL

Console logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.

--log-file=LOG_FILE

Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/ssh.

--log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE

Logfile logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.

Target Selection

The default matching that Salt utilizes is shell-style globbing around the minion id. See https://docs.python.org/3/library/fnmatch.html#module-fnmatch.

-E, --pcre

The target expression will be interpreted as a PCRE regular expression rather than a shell glob.

Output Options

--out

Pass in an alternative outputter to display the return of data. This outputter can be any of the available outputters:

highstate, json, key, overstatestage, pprint, raw, txt, yaml, and many others.

Some outputters are formatted only for data returned from specific functions. If an outputter is used that does not support the data passed into it, then Salt will fall back on the pprint outputter and display the return data using the Python pprint standard library module.

--out-indent OUTPUT_INDENT, --output-indent OUTPUT_INDENT

Print the output indented by the provided value in spaces. Negative values disable indentation. Only applicable in outputters that support indentation.

--out-file=OUTPUT_FILE, --output-file=OUTPUT_FILE

Write the output to the specified file.

--out-file-append, --output-file-append

Append the output to the specified file.

--no-color

Disable all colored output

--force-color

Force colored output

Note

When using colored output the color codes are as follows:

green denotes success, red denotes failure, blue denotes changes and success and yellow denotes a expected future change in configuration.

--state-output=STATE_OUTPUT, --state_output=STATE_OUTPUT

Override the configured state_output value for minion output. One of 'full', 'terse', 'mixed', 'changes' or 'filter'. Default: 'none'.

--state-verbose=STATE_VERBOSE, --state_verbose=STATE_VERBOSE

Override the configured state_verbose value for minion output. Set to True or False. Default: none.

Note

If using --out=json, you will probably want --static as well. Without the static option, you will get a separate JSON string per minion which makes JSON output invalid as a whole. This is due to using an iterative outputter. So if you want to feed it to a JSON parser, use --static as well.

See also

salt(7) salt-master(1) salt-minion(1)