salt-syndic¶
The Salt syndic daemon, a special minion that passes through commands from a higher master
Synopsis¶
salt-syndic [ options ]
Description¶
The Salt syndic daemon, a special minion that passes through commands from a higher master.
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-syndic
- -d, --daemon¶
Run salt-syndic as a daemon
- --pid-file PIDFILE¶
Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt-syndic.pid
- --disable-keepalive¶
Disable the automatic restart mechanism for salt-syndic. By default, the daemon runs in a subprocess with automatic restart capabilities if it exits with a keepalive signal. This option disables that behavior and runs the daemon directly without the keepalive wrapper. Useful when an external process manager like systemd handles restarts, or in containerized environments where the container runtime manages the process lifecycle
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/master.
- --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-master(1) salt-minion(1)
