How to use autocomplete in saltstack

Question

I want to use bash autocomplete feature with saltstack.

salt '*' test.p <tab> should complete the word and make it salt '*' test.ping.

After googling, I got the following links: salt.bash & CLI completion

However, I cannot figure out how to use it. Autocompletion feature is not working by default. Please provide any step by step guide to activate it.

Answer 1

1. Download the salt.bash file.

    wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/saltstack/salt/develop/pkg/salt.bash
   

2. Copy the file to /etc/bash_completion.d/

    cp salt.bash /etc/bash_completion.d/
   

3. Logout and logback in. or source the file

    source /etc/bash_completion.d/salt.bash
   

4. Now use salt auto-completion feature

    salt '*' tes[[tab]].pi[[tab]]
   

   and get the result:

    salt '*' test.ping