salt-minion¶
The Salt minion daemon, receives commands from a remote Salt master.
Synopsis¶
salt-minion [ options ]
Description¶
The Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with the results of said commands.
Options¶
- --version¶
Print the version of Salt that is running.
- --versions-report¶
Show program's dependencies and version number, and then exit
- -h, --help¶
Show the help message and exit
- -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.
- -u USER, --user=USER¶
Specify user to run salt-minion
- -d, --daemon¶
Run salt-minion as a daemon
- --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.
- -l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL¶
Console logging log level. One of
all,garbage,trace,debug,info,warning,error,quiet. Default:warning.
- --log-file=LOG_FILE¶
Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/minion.
- --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)
