SaltStack is an open source configuration management and remote execution system used for managing complex infrastructure. It uses a master-minion topology where the master sends commands to and receives data from minions. States are written in YAML, YAML_JINJA, Python or PYDLS files and define what services and software should be installed and configured on minions. Salt also supports features like grains, pillar, salt-ssh, salt-cloud, and a reactor system.

1. Introduction to
SaltStack
Rafael Souza

2. What is?
SaltStack

3. ● A configuration management system;
● A distributed remote execution system;
● For complex datacenter infrastructures;
● Started in 2011;
● Open Source;
● Comercial company;

4. - Master - “Minion” topology;
- Built on top of high speed messaging bus;
- ZeroMQ (moving to pure TCP transport);
- Python;

5. Agent Based Vs. Agentless

6. SaltStack is both!

7. salt '*' test.ping
Target
Function

8. Salt State File

9. ● YAML;
● YAML_JINJA;
● Python;
● PYDLS;

10. ● Grains;
● Pillar;
● salt-ssh;
● salt-cloud;
● Reactor System;

11. Hands On!