salt-minion
The Salt minion daemon, receives commands from a remote Salt master.
Description
The Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with
the results of said commands.
Options
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--version
Print the version of Salt that is running.
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--versions-report
Show program's dependencies and version number, and then exit
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-h, --help
Show the help message and exit
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-c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_dir
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.
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-u USER, --user=USER
Specify user to run salt-minion
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-d, --daemon
Run salt-minion as a daemon
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--pid-file PIDFILE
Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt-minion.pid
Logging Options
Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files.
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-l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL
Console logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace,
debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default:
warning.
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--log-file=LOG_FILE
Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/minion.
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--log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE
Logfile logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace,
debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default:
warning.
See also
salt(1)
salt(7)
salt-master(1)
