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SALT-MASTER(1) Salt SALT-MASTER(1)

NAME

salt-master - salt-master Documentation

The Salt master daemon, used to control the Salt minions

SYNOPSIS

salt-master [ options ]


DESCRIPTION

The master daemon controls the Salt minions

OPTIONS

Print the version of Salt that is running.

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

Show the help message and exit

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.

Specify user to run salt-master

Run salt-master as a daemon

Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt-master.pid

Logging Options

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

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

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

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

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others, please see the Authors file

April 16, 2022 3004.1