Using Salt Stack Formulas on GitHub
A number of formulas have been built by various engineers and are compiled together on GitHub under the Salt Stack Formulas organization. You can find these formulas at https://github.com/saltstack-formulas.
At the time of writing this, there are over 200 formulas hosted under this organization. Some are better maintained than others, but a number of them see frequent maintenance by the community.
Probably the most helpful thing about these formulas is that, outside of rare special cases, each software package that is supported by a formula will only have one formula. This is a vast improvement over similar user repositories, which may include dozens or even hundreds of different examples for the exact same package.
Examining the standard layout
Most formulas adhere to a standard layout, which has been developed and honed over time to help encourage a consistent look and feel. You will generally find the following files and directories:Because Cobbler is both...