salt-master (1) Linux Manual Page
NAME
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 minions
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-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.
SEE ALSO
salt(1) salt(7) salt-minion(1)
AUTHOR
Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45 [at] gmail.com> and many others, please see the Authors file
COPYRIGHT
2016 SaltStack, Inc.