When Salt cloud is used to launch instances, they need to be configured to install the Salt minion package, and register themselves with the Salt master. This task is done by using post-install scripts. In this recipe, we will learn about the procedure to use post-install scripts in Salt cloud.
On the Salt master, execute the following command:
[root@salt-master ~]# ls -l /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/salt/cloud/deploy/ total 248 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 864 Jun 17 2014 Arch-git.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 677 Jun 17 2014 Arch.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 166951 Sep 19 11:52 bootstrap-salt.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 735 Aug 1 2014 curl-bootstrap-git.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 708 Aug 1 2014 curl-bootstrap.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1297 Jun 17 2014 Debian-git.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1049 Jun 17 2014 Debian.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1187 Jun 17 2014 Fedora-git.sh -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 982 Jun 17 2014 Fedora.sh -rw-r--r--...