salt Command Examples

Execute commands and assert state on remote salt minions. More information: https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/cli/index.html.

• List connected minions:

salt '*' test.ping

• Execute a highstate on all connected minions:

salt '*' state.highstate

• Upgrade packages using the OS package manager (apt, yum, brew) on a subset of minions:

salt '*.example.com' pkg.upgrade

• Execute an arbitrary command on a particular minion:

salt '{{minion_id}}' cmd.run "ls "