salt-master (1) Linux Manual Page
salt-master – salt-master Documentation
The Salt master daemon, used to control the Salt minions
Synopsis
salt-master [ options ]
Description
The master daemon controls the Salt minionsOptions
- –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-master
- -d, –daemon
- Run salt-master as a daemon
- –pid-file PIDFILE
- Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt-master.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/master.
- –log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE
- Logfile logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.