salt-call

Synopsis

salt-call [options]

Description

The salt-call command is used to run module functions locally on a minion instead of executing them from the master. Salt-call is used to run a Standalone Minion, and was originally created for troubleshooting.

The Salt Master is contacted to retrieve state files and other resources during execution unless the --local option is specified.

Note

salt-call commands execute from the current user's shell context, while salt commands execute from the system's default context.

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.

--hard-crash

Raise any original exception rather than exiting gracefully Default: False

-g, --grains

Return the information generated by the Salt grains

-m MODULE_DIRS, --module-dirs=MODULE_DIRS

Specify an additional directory to pull modules from. Multiple directories can be provided by passing -m /--module-dirs multiple times.

-d, --doc, --documentation

Return the documentation for the specified module or for all modules if none are specified

--master=MASTER

Specify the master to use. The minion must be authenticated with the master. If this option is omitted, the master options from the minion config will be used. If multi masters are set up the first listed master that responds will be used.

--return RETURNER

Set salt-call to pass the return data to one or many returner interfaces. To use many returner interfaces specify a comma delimited list of returners.

--local

Run salt-call locally, as if there was no master running.

--file-root=FILE_ROOT

Set this directory as the base file root. Can be specified more than once to include multiple base file roots.

--pillar-root=PILLAR_ROOT

Set this directory as the base pillar root. Can be specified more than once to include multiple base pillar roots.

--states-dir=STATES_DIR

Set this directory to search for additional states. Can be specified more than once to include multiple states directories.

--retcode-passthrough

Exit with the salt call retcode and not the salt binary retcode

--no-return-event

Do not send the return event back to master.

--metadata

Print out the execution metadata as well as the return. This will print out the outputter data, the return code, etc.

--id=ID

Specify the minion id to use. If this option is omitted, the id option from the minion config will be used.

--skip-grains

Do not load grains.

--refresh-grains-cache

Force a refresh of the grains cache

-r, --resources

New in version 3008.0.

Dispatch the call to managed resources in addition to the managing minion. Without -r, salt-call runs the function on the managing minion only and returns a single bare value, preserving legacy script behaviour. With -r, the function runs against every resource matched by --tgt and the result is a dict keyed by resource id (or by managing-minion id, for the host itself).

See Operations for usage and Salt Resources for background.

--tgt=TGT

New in version 3008.0.

Targeting expression. Only honoured when -r/--resources is also passed. Default * — matches the managing minion and all managed resources. Supports all targeting forms documented in Targeting Salt Resources, controlled by --tgt-type.

--tgt-type=TGT_TYPE

New in version 3008.0.

Targeting expression type. Only honoured when -r/--resources is also passed. Mirrors the master CLI's -t/--target-type options. Common values: glob (default), compound, grain, grain_pcre, list, pillar, range, pcre.

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.

Output Options

--out

Pass in an alternative outputter to display the return of data. This outputter can be any of the available outputters:

highstate, json, key, overstatestage, pprint, raw, txt, yaml, and many others.

Some outputters are formatted only for data returned from specific functions. If an outputter is used that does not support the data passed into it, then Salt will fall back on the pprint outputter and display the return data using the Python pprint standard library module.

--out-indent OUTPUT_INDENT, --output-indent OUTPUT_INDENT

Print the output indented by the provided value in spaces. Negative values disable indentation. Only applicable in outputters that support indentation.

--out-file=OUTPUT_FILE, --output-file=OUTPUT_FILE

Write the output to the specified file.

--out-file-append, --output-file-append

Append the output to the specified file.

--no-color

Disable all colored output

--force-color

Force colored output

Note

When using colored output the color codes are as follows:

green denotes success, red denotes failure, blue denotes changes and success and yellow denotes a expected future change in configuration.

--state-output=STATE_OUTPUT, --state_output=STATE_OUTPUT

Override the configured state_output value for minion output. One of 'full', 'terse', 'mixed', 'changes' or 'filter'. Default: 'none'.

--state-verbose=STATE_VERBOSE, --state_verbose=STATE_VERBOSE

Override the configured state_verbose value for minion output. Set to True or False. Default: none.

See also

salt(1) salt-master(1) salt-minion(1)