Modules are the basic foundations of configuration management in Salt. Using Salt modules, we can configure systems from Salt state files, as well as from the command line. In this chapter, you will learn about how to use Salt modules from the command line.
Configure a minion in the staging environment. We will call it stgdc1log01.
Run the following command to list all the
cronentries for therootuser on the minion:[root@salt-master ~]# salt 'stgdc1log01' cron.list_tab root stgdc1log01: ---------- crons: env: pre: special:
Run the following command to add a new
cronentry for therootuser:[root@salt-master ~]# salt 'stgdc1log01' cron.set_job root '00' '12' '*' \ '*' '*' 'find /var/log/ -mtime +30 -exec rm - rf {} \;' stgdc1log01: new
Run the following command to verify that the new
cronwas added properly:[root@salt-master ~]# salt 'stgdc1log01' cron.list_tab root stgdc1log01: ---------- crons: |_ ...