salt/doc/ref/cli/salt-ssh.rst

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``salt-ssh``
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Synopsis
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.. code-block:: bash

    salt-ssh '*' [ options ] sys.doc

    salt-ssh -E '.*' [ options ] sys.doc cmd

Description
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Salt SSH allows for salt routines to be executed using only SSH for transport

Options
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.. option:: -r, --raw, --raw-shell

    Execute a raw shell command.

.. option:: --priv

    Specify the SSH private key file to be used for authentication.

.. option:: --roster

    Define which roster system to use, this defines if a database backend,
    scanner, or custom roster system is used. Default is the flat file roster.

.. option:: --roster-file

    Define an alternative location for the default roster file location. The
    default roster file is called ``roster`` and is found in the same directory
    as the master config file.

    .. versionadded:: 2014.1.0

.. option:: --refresh, --refresh-cache

    Force a refresh of the master side data cache of the target's data. This
    is needed if a target's grains have been changed and the auto refresh
    timeframe has not been reached.

.. option:: --max-procs

    Set the number of concurrent minions to communicate with. This value
    defines how many processes are opened up at a time to manage connections,
    the more running process the faster communication should be, default
    is 25.

.. option:: -i, --ignore-host-keys

    Disables StrictHostKeyChecking to relax acceptance of new and unknown
    host keys. 

.. option:: --no-host-keys

    Fully ignores ssh host keys which by default are honored and connections
    would ask for approval. Useful if the host key of a remote server has 
    changed and would still error with --ignore-host-keys.


.. option:: --passwd

    Set the default password to attempt to use when authenticating.

.. option:: --key-deploy

   Set this flag to attempt to deploy the authorized ssh key with all
   minions. This combined with --passwd can make initial deployment of keys
   very fast and easy.

.. program:: salt

.. include:: _includes/common-options.rst

.. include:: _includes/target-selection-ssh.rst

.. include:: _includes/logging-options.rst
.. |logfile| replace:: /var/log/salt/ssh
.. |loglevel| replace:: ``warning``

.. include:: _includes/output-options.rst


See also
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:manpage:`salt(7)`
:manpage:`salt-master(1)`
:manpage:`salt-minion(1)`