Salt Cookbook电子书

Salt Cookbook

Table of Contents

Salt Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewer

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Sections

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more…

See also

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Downloading the example code

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Salt Architecture and Components

Introduction

Installing and configuring the Salt master

How to do it...

Installing the Salt master on RedHat/CentOS/Fedora

Installing the Salt master on Ubuntu

Configuring the Salt master

How it works...

See also

Configuring the Salt environment and pillar paths

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Understanding and configuring Salt pillars

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Understanding and writing Salt states

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Understanding and writing the top file

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Installing and configuring the Salt minion

How to do it...

Installing the Salt minion on RedHat/CentOS/Fedora

Installing the Salt minion on Ubuntu

Configuring the Salt minion

How it works...

There's more...

The masterless minion

See also

Configuring environments and grains on the minion

How to do it...

Setting grains in /etc/salt/minion

Setting grains in /etc/salt/grains

How it works...

Setting grains in /etc/salt/minion

Setting grains in /etc/salt/grains

See also

Applying Salt states to minions

How to do it...

Applying states using the push mechanism from master to minion

Applying states using the pull mechanism by minion from master

How it works...

There's more...

Applying Salt states to masterless minions

See also

2. Writing Advanced Salt Configurations

Introduction

Writing and retrieving pillar data

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using pillar data in states

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Including other pillars in the pillar file

Setting pillar data at the command line

See also

Using grains in states

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using conditionals in states and pillars

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using Python functions in conditionals

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using iterations in states

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting and using variables in states

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Testing a state run before applying to minions

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring nodegroups

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Targeting minions

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

3. Modules, Orchestration, and Scaling Salt

Introduction

Using execution modules

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using state modules

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Configuring templates

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using requisites

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Using Salt runners

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Orchestration with Salt orchestrate

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Salt multi-master setup (active-active mode)

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Salt multi-master setup (active-passive mode)

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

4. General Administration Tasks

Introduction

Running commands

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Setting host entries and grains

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting time zone, locale, and kernel configurations

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Handling archive files

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Adding groups and users

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Performing SSH authentication tasks

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Scheduling jobs with cron

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing volumes

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Working with disks and mounts

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Managing network configurations

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

5. Advanced Administration Tasks

Introduction

Managing package repositories

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing packages using the default package manager

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing packages using rvm, gem, and pip

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing files

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing services

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing code repositories with Git

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing code repositories with svn

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring alternatives

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

6. Managing Application Servers

Introduction

Apache web server packages and services

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Managing web server modules

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Adding web server configuration

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Web server security with htpasswd

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting up Java for Apache Tomcat

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Apache Tomcat packages, files, and services

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Deploying the WAR file in Apache Tomcat

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

7. Managing Databases

Introduction

Using MySQL packages, files, and services

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using MySQL databases

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating MySQL database users

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Running MySQL queries

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Providing MySQL user grants

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using PostgreSQL packages, files, and services

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Setting up PostgreSQL groups and users

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring PostgreSQL databases

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

8. Configuring Salt Cloud

Introduction

Configuring the Salt cloud environment

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring cloud providers

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring cloud profiles

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Extending profiles and providers

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring cloud maps

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using post-install scripts

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Launching, querying, and destroying instances

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Performing general cloud functions

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

9. Managing Amazon Web Services

Introduction

Implementing security groups

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Using elastic load balancers

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring DNS with Route53

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring Simple Queue Service

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Deploying ElastiCache clusters

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring CloudWatch alarms

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

10. Salt Event and Reactor System

Introduction

Learning the basics of the event system

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Listening to events

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Firing events

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Identifying and working with Salt event types

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Integrating and configuring the reactor system

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Using reactors for Salt tasks

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

11. Troubleshooting

Introduction

Troubleshooting the Salt master

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Troubleshooting the Salt minion

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Dealing with too many open files

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Connectivity, DNS, and ports

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Dealing with YAML configuration problems

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Index