From 6921bf5c4b9d78d5fc6fbc3cd1a9df7dd7498c14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas S Hatch Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 16:26:13 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Remove the old README in favor of the rst README --- README | 50 -------------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 50 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 2286f66f30..0000000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,50 +0,0 @@ -What is Salt? - -We’re not just talking about NaCl. -Salt is a distributed remote execution system used to execute commands and query -data. It was developed in order to bring the best solutions found in the world -of remote execution together and make them better, faster and more malleable. - -Salt accomplishes this via its ability to handle larger loads of information, -and not just dozens, but hundreds or even thousands of individual servers, -handle them quickly and through a simple and manageable interface. -Versatility between massive scale deployments and smaller systems may seem -daunting, but Salt is very simple to set up and maintain, regardless of the -size of the project. The architecture of Salt is designed to work with any -number of servers, from a handful of local network systems to international -deployments across disparate data-centers. The topology is a simple server/client -model with the needed functionality built into a single set of daemons. -While the default configuration will work with little to no modification, salt -can be fine tuned to meet specific needs. -The core function of salt is to enable remote commands to be called in parallel -rather than in serial, to use a secure and encrypted protocol, the smallest and -fastest network payloads possible and with a simple programmer interface. -Salt also introduces more granular controls to the realm of remote execution, -allowing for commands to be executed in parallel and for systems to be targeted -based on more than just hostname, but by system properties. -Salt takes advantage of a number of technologies and techniques. The networking -layer is built with the excellent zeromq networking library, so salt itself -contains a viable, and transparent, amq broker inside the daemon. Salt uses -public keys for authentication with the master daemon, then uses faster aes -encryption for payload communication, this means that authentication and -encryption are also built into Salt. Salt takes advantage of communication via -python pickles, enabling fast and light network traffic. -In order to allow for simple expansion, Salt execution routines can be written -as plain python modules, and the data collected from salt executions can be sent -back to the master server, or to any arbitrary program. Salt can be called from -a simple python api, or from the command line, so that salt can be used to -execute one-off commands as well as operate as an integral part of a larger -application. - -The result is a system that can execute commands across groups of varying size, -from very few to very many servers at considerably high speed. A system that is -very fast, easy to set up and amazingly malleable, able to suit the needs of any -number of servers working within the same system. Salt’s unique architecture -brings together the best of the remote execution world, amplifies its -capabilities and expands its range, resulting in this system that is as -versatile as it is practical, able to suit any network. - -Salt is developed under the Apache 2.0 licence, and can be used for open and -proprietary projects. Please submit your expansions to back so that we can all -benefit together as Salt grows. So, please feel free to sprinkle some of this -around your systems and let the deliciousness come forth.