In the previous recipe, you learned about how you can use execution modules to perform configuration tasks in Salt. In this recipe, you are going to learn about of what state modules are and how to use them.
We will use the same minion and the same example as the previous recipe, but we will do the same task using state modules.
Create a new state in the staging environment called
cronby creating a new directory calledcronand create a file in it calledinit.sls.Edit the
init.slsfile to have the following contents:find /var/log/ -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {] \;: cron.present: - user: root - minute: 00 - hour: 12 - daymonth: '*' - month: '*' - dayweek: '*'Run the following command to apply the state to the minion:
[root@salt-master ~]# salt 'stgdc1log01' state.sls cron saltenv=staging stgdc1log01: ---------- ID: find /var/log/ -mtime +30 -exec rm -rf {] \; Function: cron.present Result: True Comment: Cron...