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I am a total beginner with SaltStack but I have managed to setup some states on a machine and run them on a minion.
What I have right now is a Debian machine setup with salt-master as well as another Debian setup as salt-minion.
Since I am using the salt-master also as a development machine, I would like to know if I can somehow apply the states on the master itself as well. And if so, how?
Is there a command I can run to apply the states on the master? (so far I was unable to find it)
Should I install salt-minion on the same machine as well to be able to do this and simply register the same machine as a minion on itself?
Thanks!
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A reusable declaration that configures a specific part of a system. Each Salt state is defined using a state declaration. A top level section of a state file that lists the state function calls and arguments that make up a state. Each state declaration starts with a unique ID.
On your Salt master, run the following command to apply the Top file: salt '*' state. apply #calling state. apply with no arguments starts a highstate.
In Salt, the file which contains a mapping between groups of machines on a network and the configuration roles that should be applied to them is called a top file . Top files are named top. sls by default and they are so-named because they always exist in the "top" of a directory hierarchy that contains state files.
A “highstate” is a way for Salt to dynamically determine which Salt Formulas should be applied to a certain minion. To start with you execute a “highstate” like this: salt 'minion01' state.highstate. This command causes the Minion to download and examine a file from the Salt Master called the “top file”.
Since I am using the salt-master also as a development machine, I would like to know if I can somehow apply the states on the master itself as well. And if so, how?
You can do that by following the following steps:
Is there a command I can run to apply the states on the master?
The salt-master doesn't really run the the state files, the salt-minions do. If you followed the above steps then you can target your salt-master to run highstate with the following command:
salt 'the_value_of_/etc/salt/minion_id' state.highstate
Should I install salt-minion on the same machine as well to be able to do this and simply register the same machine as a minion on itself?
Yup. I think you have an idea as to what you need to do and just need a push in the right direction.
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