Index

A

• add-apt-repository command / Installation with system packages (Ubuntu)

B

• base environment
  • expanding / Expanding our base environment
• basic architecture, Salt deployment / Introducing Salt

C

• clone Salt Git Repository
  • URL / Exploring the source
• cloud provider configuration
  • creating / Creating a cloud provider configuration
• cloud VM profiles
  • creating / Creating cloud VM profiles
• command-line options, remote execution command / Command-line options
• compound matching / Compound matching
• custom code
  • events, firing from / Firing events from custom code

D

• dependencies, for running Salt / Installing Salt
• dependencies, with requisites
  • about / Dependencies using requisites
  • require / The require requisite
  • watch / The watch requisite
  • onfail / Other requisites
  • onchanges / Other requisites
  • prereq / Other requisites
  • use / Other requisites
  • _in / The _in requisites

E

• environments, highstate / Environments
• environments, in pillar / Environments in pillar
• events
  • about / The Salt event system
  • listening for / Listening for events
  • structure / Event structure
  • firing, from Salt / Firing events from Salt
  • firing, from custom code / Firing events from custom code
  • reacting to / Reacting to events
• execution modules
  • advanced cross-calling / Cross-calling execution modules
  • advanced example / An advanced example

F

• firewall configuration, Salt / Firewall configuration
• Fully-Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) / Salt minion configuration

G

• Git
  • states, storing in / Storing our states in Git with GitFS
• GitFS
  • states, storing in Git / Storing our states in Git with GitFS
  • URL, for tutorials / Storing our states in Git with GitFS
• glob matching / Glob matching
• glob targeting / Glob matching
• grain matching / Grain and pillar matching
• grains / Grains
  • about / Grains and the __virtual__ function
• groups of VMs
  • managing, with MAP files / Managing groups of VMs with map files

H

• highstate
  • about / The highstate
  • environments / Environments

I

• installation, Salt / Installing Salt
  • with system packages (Ubuntu) / Installation with system packages (Ubuntu)
  • with Salt-Bootstrap / Installing with Salt-Bootstrap
• iptables
  • about / Firewall configuration

J

• Jinja2
  • about / Jinja2
  • used, for making states platform-agnostic / Jinja2
  • using, in Salt / apache2 or httpd?

L

• Linode
  • setting up / Setting up Linode
  • URL / Setting up Linode
  • API key, creating for account / Creating an API key
• list matching / List matching

M

• MAP files
  • groups of VMs, managing with / Managing groups of VMs with map files
  • new masters, creating with / Creating new masters with map files
• Masterless Salt
  • about / Masterless Salt
• masters
  • creating, with MAP files / Creating new masters with map files
• minion
  • adding / Adding a new minion
• minion key
  • accepting, on master / Accepting the minion key on the master
• multiple pieces of state
  • expanding, for encompassing / Expanding to encompass multiple pieces of state

O

• onchanges requisite / Other requisites
• onfail requisite / Other requisites
• options, Salt command
  • --versions-report / Command-line options
  • -t TIMEOUT / Command-line options
  • --timeout=TIMEOUT / Command-line options
  • --async / Command-line options
  • -v / Command-line options
  • --verbose / Command-line options
  • --show-timeout / Command-line options
  • --summary / Command-line options

P

• Perl-compatible regular expression matching / Perl-compatible regular expression matching
• Perl-compatible regular expressions (PCRE) / Perl-compatible regular expression matching
• Personal Package Archive (PPA)
  • about / Installation with system packages (Ubuntu)
• pillar / Pillars
  • secure minion-specific data, defining in / Defining secure minion-specific data in pillar
  • about / Defining secure minion-specific data in pillar
• pillar data
  • using, in states / Using pillar data in states
• pillar matching / Grain and pillar matching
• ping pong game / A game of ping pong

R

• RAET
  • about / Firewall configuration
• regular expressions
  • reference link / Perl-compatible regular expression matching
• remote execution command
  • structure / The structure of a remote execution command
  • command-line options / Command-line options
  • string, targeting / Targeting strings
• remote execution module
  • about / Remote execution modules and functions
  • users, adding / Adding users
  • packages, installing / Installing packages
  • services, managing / Managing services
  • minion state, monitoring / Monitoring minion states
  • arbitrary commands, running / Running arbitrary commands
• require requisite / The require requisite
• requisites
  • about / Dependencies using requisites
• ReStructured Text (RST) / Exploring the source

S

• Salt
  • installing / Installing Salt
  • installing, with system packages (Ubuntu) / Installation with system packages (Ubuntu)
  • installing, with Salt-Bootstrap / Installing with Salt-Bootstrap
  • version information / Installing with Salt-Bootstrap
  • URL, for documentation / Firewall configuration, Accepting the minion key on the master
  • URL, for match types / Compound matching
  • reference link, for modules / Grains and the __virtual__ function
  • events, firing from / Firing events from Salt
• Salt's Python API
  • URL / Firing events from custom code
• Salt-Bootstrap
  • about / Installing Salt
  • Salt, installing with / Installing with Salt-Bootstrap
• Salt Cloud
  • about / Setting up Salt Cloud
  • setting up / Setting up Salt Cloud
  • cloud provider configuration, creating / Creating a cloud provider configuration
  • URL, for documentation / Creating a cloud provider configuration
  • cloud VM profiles, creating / Creating cloud VM profiles
  • machines, creating / Create and destroy machines
  • machines, destroying / Create and destroy machines
• Salt configuration
  • about / Configuring Salt
  • firewall configuration / Firewall configuration
  • Salt minion configuration / Salt minion configuration
  • Salt master, starting / Starting the Salt master and Salt minion
  • Salt minion, starting / Starting the Salt master and Salt minion
  • minion key, accepting on master / Accepting the minion key on the master
• Salt documentation
  • URL, for examples / The pieces of a state declaration
  • URL, for requisites / Other requisites
• Salt event system
  • about / The Salt event system
  • listening, for events / Listening for events
  • event structure / Event structure
  • events, firing from Salt / Firing events from Salt
  • events, firing from custom code / Firing events from custom code
• Salt Master
  • about / Introducing Salt
• Salt master
  • starting / Starting the Salt master and Salt minion
• Salt minion
  • starting / Starting the Salt master and Salt minion
• Salt Minion
  • about / Introducing Salt
• Salt minion configuration
  • about / Salt minion configuration
• Salt source script, GitHub
  • URL / Listening for events
• SaltStack
  • URL, for major Linux distributions / Installing with Salt-Bootstrap
  • URL, for documentation / Installing with Salt-Bootstrap, Remote execution modules and functions
• SaltStack team
  • URL / Installing Salt
• secure minion-specific data
  • defining, in pillar / Defining secure minion-specific data in pillar
• source, exploring
  • about / Exploring the source
  • execution modules, cross-calling / Cross-calling execution modules
  • grains / Grains and the __virtual__ function
  • __virtual__function / Grains and the __virtual__ function
  • return data, reformatting / Reformatting return data
• source code, exploring
  • __opts__ and __pillar__ functions / The__opts__ and __pillar__ functions
• state
  • defining, of infrastructure / Our first state
• state declaration
  • pieces / The pieces of a state declaration
• states
  • pillar data, using in / Using pillar data in states
  • storing, in Git with GitFS / Storing our states in Git with GitFS
• string targeting
  • about / Targeting strings
  • glob matching / Glob matching
  • Perl-compatible regular expression matching / Perl-compatible regular expression matching
  • list matching / List matching
  • grain matching / Grain and pillar matching
  • pillar matching / Grain and pillar matching
  • compound matching / Compound matching
• system packages (Ubuntu)
  • Salt, installing with / Installation with system packages (Ubuntu)

T

• test module
  • reference link / Exploring the source

U

• use requisite / Other requisites

W

• watch requisite / The watch requisite

Y

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

Z

• Z shell (Zsh) / Expanding our base environment