Index

A

• apache2
  • about / apache2 or httpd?

C

• code contribution
  • about / Contributing code using GitHub
  • GitHub account, creating / Creating an account on GitHub
  • Salt project / The project
  • code, obtaining / Getting the code
  • fix, contributing / Contributing a fix
  • changes, committing / Committing our changes
  • changes, pushing / Pushing the changes and creating a pull request
  • pull request, creating / Pushing the changes and creating a pull request
• compound matching
  • about / Compound matching
• configuration management system, Salt
  • about / Introducing Salt

E

• environments, highstate
  • about / Environments
  • working, in pillar system / Environments in pillar
• events
  • listening for / Listening for events
  • firing, from Salt / Firing events from Salt
  • firing, from custom code / Firing events from custom code
  • reacting to / Reacting to events
• execution modules
  • about / Exploring the source
  • cross-calling / Cross-calling execution modules
  • grains / Grains and the __virtual__ function
  • __virtual__function / Grains and the __virtual__ function
  • __opts__ function / The__opts__ and __pillar__ functions
  • __pillar__ function / The__opts__ and __pillar__ functions
  • return data, reformatting / Reformatting return data
  • advanced example / An advanced example

F

• firewall
  • about / Firewall and network configuration
• Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
  • about / Salt minion configuration

G

• Git
  • states, storing with GitFS / Storing our states in Git with GitFS
  • about / Getting the code
• GitFS
  • used, for storing states in Git / Storing our states in Git with GitFS
  • reference link / Storing our states in Git with GitFS
• GitHub
  • about / Contributing code using GitHub
  • using, for contributing code / Contributing code using GitHub
  • URL / Creating an account on GitHub
• glob matching
  • about / Glob matching
• grain and pillar matching
  • about / Grain and pillar matching
• grains
  • using / Using grains
• groups of VMs
  • managing, with map files / Managing groups of VMs with map files

H

• hangops
  • about / #saltstack on the hangops Slack
  • URL / #saltstack on the hangops Slack
• highstate
  • about / The highstate
  • environments / Environments
  • base environment, expanding / Expanding our base environment
• httpd
  • about / apache2 or httpd?

I

• in requisites
  • about / The _in requisites
• installation, Salt
  • performing / Installing Salt
  • installation, with system packages (Ubuntu) / Installation with system packages (Ubuntu)
  • installation, with system packages (CentOS 6) / Installation with system packages (CentOS 6)
  • installation, with system packages (Windows) / Installation with system packages (Windows)
  • installation, with Salt Bootstrap / Installing with Salt Bootstrap
• iptables / Firewall configuration
• IRC client
  • URL / #salt on freenode IRC
  • about / #salt on freenode IRC

J

• Jinja2
  • about / Jinja2

K

• key fingerprints, verifying with
  • about / Verifying with key fingerprints
  • master fingerprint / Master fingerprint
  • minion fingerprint / Minion fingerprints
• key management
  • about / Key management
  • minion keys, preseeding / Preseeding the minion keys
  • master key, preseeding / Preseeding the master key
  • key fingerprints, verifying with / Verifying with key fingerprints

L

• Linode
  • reference link / Setting up Linode
  • setting up / Setting up Linode
  • API key, creating / Creating an API key
• list matching
  • about / List matching

M

• map files
  • used, for managing groups of VMs / Managing groups of VMs with map files
  • used, for creating new masters / Creating new masters with the map files
• master configuration, Salt configuration
  • open_mode / open_mode and auto_accept
  • auto_accept / open_mode and auto_accept
  • file_recv / file_recv
  • peer publishing / Peer publishing
• master fingerprint
  • about / Master fingerprint
• master key, key management
  • preseeding / Preseeding the master key
• masterless Salt
  • about / Masterless Salt
• minion
  • adding / Adding a new minion
• minion configuration, Salt configuration
  • master_finger / master_finger
• minion fingerprints
  • about / Minion fingerprints
• minion keys, preseeding
  • URL / Preseeding the minion keys

N

• network configuration
  • about / Firewall and network configuration

P

• Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE) matching
  • about / Perl-compatible regular expression matching
• pillar data
  • usingTopicnin states / Using pillar data in states
• pillars
  • using / Using pillars
• pillar system
  • about / Defining secure minion-specific data in pillar
• ping pong game
  • about / A game of ping pong

R

• remote execution command structure
  • about / The structure of a remote execution command
  • command-line options / Command-line options
  • strings, targeting / Targeting strings
  • modules and functions / Remote execution modules and functions
• remote execution modules and functions
  • about / Remote execution modules and functions
  • users, adding / Adding users
  • packages, installing / Installing packages
  • services, managing / Managing services
  • minion states, monitoring / Monitoring minion states
  • arbitrary commands, running / Running arbitrary commands
• remote execution system, Salt
  • about / Introducing Salt
• requisites
  • using, dependencies / Dependencies using requisites
  • about / Dependencies using requisites
• requisites, state system
  • require requisite / The require requisite
  • watch requisite / The watch requisite
  • other requisites / Other requisites
  • onfail requisite / Other requisites
  • onchanges requisite / Other requisites
  • prereq requisite / Other requisites
  • use requisite / Other requisites
  • URL / Other requisites
  • _in requisites requisite / The _in requisites
• ReStructured Text (RST)
  • about / Exploring the source

S

• #salt, on freenode IRC
  • about / #salt on freenode IRC
• #saltstack, on the hangops Slack
  • about / #saltstack on the hangops Slack
• Salt
  • about / Introducing Salt
  • master / Introducing Salt
  • minion / Introducing Salt
  • remote execution / Introducing Salt
  • configuration management / Introducing Salt
  • States / Introducing Salt
  • installing / Installing Salt
  • configuring / Configuring Salt
• Salt's Python API
  • reference link / Firing events from custom code
• salt-bootstrap documentation
  • reference / Installing with Salt Bootstrap
• Salt-users mailing list
  • about / Salt-users mailing list
  • URL / Salt-users mailing list
• Salt Bootstrap
  • about / Installing Salt
  • reference / Installing Salt
• Salt Bootstrap script
  • installation, with Salt Bootstrap / Installing with Salt Bootstrap
  • reference / Installing with Salt Bootstrap
• Salt Cloud
  • about / Setting up Salt Cloud
  • setting up / Setting up Salt Cloud
  • Linode, setting up / Setting up Linode
  • provider configuration, creating / Creating a cloud provider configuration
  • documentation, reference link / Creating a cloud provider configuration
  • VM profiles, creating / Creating cloud VM profiles
  • machines, creating / Creating and destroying machines
  • machines, destroying / Creating and destroying machines
• Salt configuration
  • about / Configuring Salt, Securing Salt configuration
  • firewall configuration / Firewall configuration
  • Salt minion configuration / Salt minion configuration
  • Salt master and Salt minion, starting / Starting the Salt master and Salt minion
  • minion key, accepting on master / Accepting the minion key on the master
  • securing / Securing Salt configuration
• Salt documentation
  • reference / Firewall configuration, Accepting the minion key on the master
  • URL / Grains and the __virtual__ function
• Salt documentation, examples
  • URL / The pieces of a state declaration
• Salt event system
  • about / The Salt event system
  • events, listening for / Listening for events
  • event structure / Event structure
  • event tag / Event structure
  • event data / Event structure
• Salt project
  • URL / The project
  • about / The project
• SaltStack
  • about / The project
• SaltStack, document
  • URL / The project
• secure minion-specific data
  • defining, in pillar / Defining secure minion-specific data in pillar
• state system
  • first state, writing / Our first state
  • state declaration / The pieces of a state declaration
  • apache2, running / Expanding to encompass multiple pieces of state
• strings, targeting
  • about / Targeting strings
  • glob matching / Glob matching
  • Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE) matching / Perl-compatible regular expression matching
  • list matching / List matching
  • grain and pillar matching / Grain and pillar matching
  • compound matching / Compound matching

W

• watch requisite
  • about / The watch requisite

Y

• Yet Another Markup Language (YAML)
  • URL / Our first state
  • about / Our first state