Salt

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Salt (also referred to as SaltStack) is a Python-based configuration management and orchestration system. Salt follows a master/client model and is used to remotely execute commands and apply Salt states across a set of minions.


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Use and Modify Official SaltStack Formulas

Learn how to use and modify official SaltStack formulas to manage your infrastructure.

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Secrets Management with Salt

Salt is a powerful configuration management tool. This guide provides you with an overview of available options to manage secrets with SaltStack.

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Introduction to Jinja Templates for Salt

An introduction to Jinja using Salt configuration management examples.

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Create a Salt Execution Module

This guide provides you with step-by-step instructions for creating a Salt execution module, which is a Python module that runs on a Salt minion.

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Configure Apache with Salt Stack

This guide provides you with step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring the Apache Web Server on Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS with the Salt Sack.

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Monitoring Salt Minions with Beacons

This guide shows how to monitor Salt minions with beacons. Set up alerts for different system resources to notify you over a messaging service like Slack.

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A Beginner's Guide to Salt

A look into Salt's primary components, features, and configurations for the new SaltStack user

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Automate Static Site Deployments with Salt, Git, and Webhooks

Learn how to use Salt to configure a static site webserver and use webhooks to automatically deploy new site content.

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Test Salt States Locally with KitchenSalt

This guide provides you with instructions for testing Salt states locally with Kitchen and kitchen-salt, utilities that let you test without a salt master or mi …

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SaltStack Command Line Reference

The SaltStack is a powerful configuration management tool. This guide provides you with a reference for the SaltStack command line interface.

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Using Salt Cloud and Cloud Maps to Provision Systems

This guide shows how to install, configure, and use Salt Cloud to provision multiple Linodes from the command line.

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Configure and Use Salt SSH to Manage Your Linodes

This guide provides you with step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring your Linux system to use Salt SSH without installing a salt-minion package …

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Getting Started with Salt - Basic Installation and Setup

Salt is a server management platform that can control a number of servers from a single location. Learn how to install Salt in this simple tutorial.

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Use Salt States to Configure a LAMP Stack on a Minion

Written for Debian 8, but easily adaptable to other distros, this guide will show you how to use Salt States to create a LAMP stack on your Linode.

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Use Salt States to Create LAMP Stack and Fail2ban Across Salt minions

Use Salt States to Create a LAMP Stack and Fail2ban Across All Listed Salt Minions on Debian 8.