Windows

This section contains details on the Windows Package Manager, and specific information you need to use Salt on Windows.

• Multi-minion setup on Windows
  • 1. Create new root_dir
  • 2. Set root_dir permissions
  • 3. Create directory structure
  • 4. Write minion config
  • 5. Run the minion
  • 6. Register the minion as a service (optional)
• Windows Package Manager
  • Introduction
    • What are package definition files?
    • Quickstart
  • Install libraries
  • Populate the local Git repository
  • Update minion database
  • Install software package
  • Configuration
    • Master Configuration
      • winrepo_dir
      • winrepo_dir_ng
      • winrepo_remotes
      • winrepo_remotes_ng
      • winrepo_refspecs
      • winrepo_branch
      • winrepo_provider
      • winrepo_ssl_verify
      • winrepo_proxy
    • Master Configuration (pygit2)
      • winrepo_insecure_auth
      • winrepo_passphrase
      • winrepo_privkey
      • winrepo_pubkey
      • winrepo_user
      • winrepo_password
    • Minion Configuration
      • winrepo_cache_expire_max
      • winrepo_cache_expire_min
      • winrepo_cachefile
      • winrepo_source_dir
    • Masterless Minion Configuration
      • winrepo_dir
      • winrepo_dir_ng
      • winrepo_remotes
      • winrepo_remotes_ng
  • Sample Configurations
    • Masterless
      • Default Configuration
      • Multiple Salt Environments
    • Master
      • Default Configuration
      • Multiple Salt Environments
  • Usage
    • List installed packages
    • List available versions
    • Install a package
    • Remove a package
    • Package definition file directory structure and naming
    • Writing package definition files
    • Example package definition files
    • Example: Simple
    • Example: JINJA templated package definition file
    • Example: Package definition file to install the latest version
    • Example: Package definition file to install an MSI patch
    • Parameters
      • full_name (str)
      • installer (str)
      • install_flags (str)
      • uninstaller (str)
      • uninstall_flags (str)
      • msiexec (bool, str)
      • allusers (bool)
      • cache_dir (bool)
      • cache_file (str)
      • use_scheduler (bool)
      • source_hash (str)
      • Not Implemented
  • Managing Windows Software on a Standalone Windows Minion
  • Troubleshooting
    • My software installs correctly but pkg.installed says it failed
    • Changes to package definition files not being picked up
    • Winrepo upgrade issues
  • pygit2 / GitPython Support for Maintaining Git Repos
  • Accessing authenticated Git repos (pygit2)
  • Maintaining Git repos
  • Name collisions between repos
• Windows-specific Behaviour
  • Group parameter for files
  • Dealing with case-insensitive but case-preserving names
  • Dealing with various username forms
  • Specifying the None group
  • Symbolic link loops