.. _configuration-salt-master: =========================== Configuring the Salt Master =========================== The Salt system is amazingly simple and easy to configure, the two components of the Salt system each have a respective configuration file. The :command:`salt-master` is configured via the master configuration file, and the :command:`salt-minion` is configured via the minion configuration file. .. seealso:: :ref:`example master configuration file ` The configuration file for the salt-master is located at :file:`/etc/salt/master`. The available options are as follows: Primary Master Configuration ---------------------------- .. conf_master:: interface ``interface`` ------------- Default: ``0.0.0.0`` (all interfaces) The local interface to bind to. .. code-block:: yaml interface: 192.168.0.1 .. conf_master:: publish_port ``publish_port`` ---------------- Default: ``4505`` The network port to set up the publication interface .. code-block:: yaml publish_port: 4505 .. conf_master:: user ``user`` -------- Default: ``root`` The user to run the Salt processes .. code-block:: yaml user: root .. conf_master:: max_open_files ``max_open_files`` ------------------ Default: ``max_open_files`` Each minion connecting to the master uses AT LEAST one file descriptor, the master subscription connection. If enough minions connect you might start seeing on the console(and then salt-master crashes):: Too many open files (tcp_listener.cpp:335) Aborted (core dumped) By default this value will be the one of `ulimit -Hn`, i.e., the hard limit for max open files. If you wish to set a different value than the default one, uncomment and configure this setting. Remember that this value CANNOT be higher than the hard limit. Raising the hard limit depends on your OS and/or distribution, a good way to find the limit is to search the internet for(for example):: raise max open files hard limit debian .. code-block:: yaml max_open_files: 100000 .. conf_master:: worker_threads ``worker_threads`` ------------------ Default: ``5`` The number of threads to start for receiving commands and replies from minions. If minions are stalling on replies because you have many minions, raise the worker_threads value. Worker threads should not be put below 3 when using the peer system, but can drop down to 1 worker otherwise. .. code-block:: yaml worker_threads: 5 .. conf_master:: ret_port ``ret_port`` ------------ Default: ``4506`` The port used by the return server, this is the server used by Salt to receive execution returns and command executions. .. code-block:: yaml ret_port: 4506 .. conf_master:: pidfile ``pidfile`` ----------- Default: ``/var/run/salt-master.pid`` Specify the location of the master pidfile .. code-block:: yaml pidfile: /var/run/salt-master.pid .. conf_master:: root_dir ``root_dir`` ------------ Default: :file:`/` The system root directory to operate from, change this to make Salt run from an alternative root .. code-block:: yaml root_dir: / .. conf_master:: pki_dir ``pki_dir`` ----------- Default: :file:`/etc/salt/pki` The directory to store the pki authentication keys. .. code-block:: yaml pki_dir: /etc/salt/pki .. conf_master:: cachedir ``cachedir`` ------------ Default: :file:`/var/cache/salt` The location used to store cache information, particularly the job information for executed salt commands. .. code-block:: yaml cachedir: /var/cache/salt .. conf_master:: keep_jobs ``keep_jobs`` ------------- Default: ``24`` Set the number of hours to keep old job information .. conf_master:: job_cache ``job_cache`` ------------- Default: ``True`` The master maintains a job cache, while this is a great addition it can be a burden on the master for larger deployments (over 5000 minions). Disabling the job cache will make previously executed jobs unavailable to the jobs system and is not generally recommended. Normally it is wise to make sure the master has access to a faster IO system or a tmpfs is mounted to the jobs dir .. conf_master:: ext_job_cache ``ext_job_cache`` ----------------- Default: '' Used to specify a default returner for all minions, when this option is set the specified returner needs to be properly configured and the minions will always default to sending returns to this returner. This will also disable the local job cache on the master .. code-block:: yaml ext_job_cache: redis .. conf_master:: sock_dir ``sock_dir`` ------------ Default:: :file:`/tmp/salt-unix` Set the location to use for creating Unix sockets for master process communication Master Security Settings ------------------------ .. conf_master:: open_mode ``open_mode`` ------------- Default: ``False`` Open mode is a dangerous security feature. One problem encountered with pki authentication systems is that keys can become "mixed up" and authentication begins to fail. Open mode turns off authentication and tells the master to accept all authentication. This will clean up the pki keys received from the minions. Open mode should not be turned on for general use. Open mode should only be used for a short period of time to clean up pki keys. To turn on open mode set this value to ``True``. .. code-block:: yaml open_mode: False .. conf_master:: auto_accept ``auto_accept`` --------------- Default: ``False`` Enable auto_accept. This setting will automatically accept all incoming public keys from the minions .. code-block:: yaml auto_accept: False .. conf_master:: autosign_file ``autosign_file`` ----------------- Default ``not defined`` If the autosign_file is specified incoming keys specified in the autosign_file will be automatically accepted. Regular expressions as well as globbing can be used. This is insecure! .. conf_master:: client_acl ``client_acl`` -------------- Default: {} Enable user accounts on the master to execute specific modules. These modules can be expressed as regular expressions .. code-block:: yaml client_acl: fred: - test.ping - pkg.* Master Module Management ------------------------ .. conf_master:: runner_dirs ``runner_dirs`` --------------- Default: ``[]`` Set additional directories to search for runner modules .. conf_master:: cython_enable ``cython_enable`` ----------------- Default: ``False`` Set to true to enable cython modules (.pyx files) to be compiled on the fly on the Salt master .. code-block:: yaml cython_enable: False Master State System Settings ---------------------------- .. conf_master:: state_verbose ``state_verbose`` ----------------- Default: ``False`` state_verbose allows for the data returned from the minion to be more verbose. Normally only states that fail or states that have changes are returned, but setting state_verbose to ``True`` will return all states that were checked .. code-block:: yaml state_verbose: True .. conf_master:: state_output ``state_output`` ---------------- Default: ``full`` The state_output setting changes if the output is the full multi line output for each changed state if set to 'full', but if set to 'terse' the output will be shortened to a single line. .. code-block:: yaml state_output: full .. conf_master:: state_top ``state_top`` ------------- Default: ``top.sls`` The state system uses a "top" file to tell the minions what environment to use and what modules to use. The state_top file is defined relative to the root of the base environment .. code-block:: yaml state_top: top.sls .. conf_master:: external_nodes ``external_nodes`` ------------------ Default: None The external_nodes option allows Salt to gather data that would normally be placed in a top file from and external node controller. The external_nodes option is the executable that will return the ENC data. Remember that Salt will look for external nodes AND top files and combine the results if both are enabled and available! .. code-block:: yaml external_nodes: cobbler-ext-nodes .. conf_master:: renderer ``renderer`` ------------ Default: ``yaml_jinja`` The renderer to use on the minions to render the state data .. code-block:: yaml renderer: yaml_jinja .. conf_master:: failhard ``failhard`` ------------ Default:: ``False`` Set the global failhard flag, this informs all states to stop running states at the moment a single state fails .. code-block:: yaml failhard: False .. conf_master:: test ``test`` -------- Default:: ``False`` Set all state calls to only test if they are going to actually make changes or just post what changes are going to be made .. code-block:: yaml test: False Master File Server Settings --------------------------- .. conf_master:: file_roots ``file_roots`` -------------- Default: ``base: [/srv/salt]`` Salt runs a lightweight file server written in ZeroMQ to deliver files to minions. This file server is built into the master daemon and does not require a dedicated port. The file server works on environments passed to the master. Each environment can have multiple root directories. The subdirectories in the multiple file roots cannot match, otherwise the downloaded files will not be able to be reliably ensured. A base environment is required to house the top file. Example: .. code-block:: yaml file_roots: base: - /srv/salt dev: - /srv/salt/dev/services - /srv/salt/dev/states prod: - /srv/salt/prod/services - /srv/salt/prod/states .. code-block:: yaml base: - /srv/salt .. conf_master:: hash_type ``hash_type`` ------------- Default: ``md5`` The hash_type is the hash to use when discovering the hash of a file on the master server, the default is md5, but sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384 and sha512 are also supported. .. code-block:: yaml hash_type: md5 .. conf_master:: file_buffer_size ``file_buffer_size`` -------------------- Default: ``1048576`` The buffer size in the file server in bytes .. code-block:: yaml file_buffer_size: 1048576 .. _pillar-configuration: Pillar Configuration -------------------- .. conf_master:: pillar_roots ``pillar_roots`` ---------------- Set the environments and directories used to hold pillar sls data. This configuration is the same as file_roots: Default: ``base: [/srv/pillar]`` .. code-block:: yaml pillar_roots: base: - /srv/pillar/ dev: - /srv/pillar/dev/ prod: - /srv/pillar/prod/ .. code-block:: yaml base: - /srv/pillar .. conf_master:: ext_pillar ``ext_pillar`` -------------- The ext_pillar option allows for any number of external pillar interfaces to be called when populating pillar data. The configuration is based on ext_pillar functions. The available ext_pillar functions are: hiera, cmd_yaml. By default the ext_pillar interface is not configured to run. Default:: ``None`` .. code-block:: yaml ext_pillar: - hiera: /etc/hiera.yaml - cmd_yaml: cat /etc/salt/yaml There are additional details at :ref:`salt-pillars` Syndic Server Settings ---------------------- A Salt syndic is a Salt master used to pass commands from a higher Salt master to minions below the syndic. Using the syndic is simple. If this is a master that will have syndic servers(s) below it, set the "order_masters" setting to True. If this is a master that will be running a syndic daemon for passthrough the "syndic_master" setting needs to be set to the location of the master server .. conf_master:: order_masters ``order_masters`` ----------------- Default: ``False`` Extra data needs to be sent with publications if the master is controlling a lower level master via a syndic minion. If this is the case the order_masters value must be set to True .. code-block:: yaml order_masters: False .. conf_master:: syndic_master ``syndic_master`` ----------------- Default: ``None`` If this master will be running a salt-syndic to connect to a higher level master, specify the higher level master with this configuration value .. code-block:: yaml syndic_master: masterofmasters Peer Publish Settings --------------------- Salt minions can send commands to other minions, but only if the minion is allowed to. By default "Peer Publication" is disabled, and when enabled it is enabled for specific minions and specific commands. This allows secure compartmentalization of commands based on individual minions. .. conf_master:: peer ``peer`` -------- Default: ``{}`` The configuration uses regular expressions to match minions and then a list of regular expressions to match functions. The following will allow the minion authenticated as foo.example.com to execute functions from the test and pkg modules .. code-block:: yaml peer: foo.example.com: - test.* - pkg.* This will allow all minions to execute all commands: .. code-block:: yaml peer: .*: - .* This is not recommended, since it would allow anyone who gets root on any single minion to instantly have root on all of the minions! .. conf_master:: peer_run ``peer_run`` ------------ Default: ``{}`` The peer_run option is used to open up runners on the master to access from the minions. The peer_run configuration matches the format of the peer configuration. The following example would allow foo.example.com to execute the manage.up runner: .. code-block:: yaml peer_run: foo.example.com: - manage.up Node Groups ----------- .. conf_master:: nodegroups Default: ``{}`` Node groups allow for logical groupings of minion nodes. A group consists of a group name and a compound target. .. code-block:: yaml nodegroups: group1: 'L@foo.domain.com,bar.domain.com,baz.domain.com and bl*.domain.com' group2: 'G@os:Debian and foo.domain.com' Master Logging Settings ----------------------- .. conf_master:: log_file ``log_file`` ------------ Default: /var/log/salt/master The master log can be sent to a regular file, local path name, or network location. Remote logging works best when configured to use rsyslogd(8) (e.g.: ``file:///dev/log``), with rsyslogd(8) configured for network logging. The format for remote addresses is: ``://:/``. Examples: .. code-block:: yaml log_file: /var/log/salt/master .. code-block:: yaml log_file: file:///dev/log .. code-block:: yaml log_file: udp://loghost:10514 .. conf_master:: log_level ``log_level`` ------------- Default: ``warning`` The level of messages to send to the console. One of 'garbage', 'trace', 'debug', info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical'. .. code-block:: yaml log_level: warning .. conf_master:: log_level_logfile ``log_level_logfile`` --------------------- Default: ``warning`` The level of messages to send to the log file. One of 'garbage', 'trace', 'debug', info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical'. .. code-block:: yaml log_level_logfile: warning .. conf_master:: log_datefmt ``log_datefmt`` --------------- Default: ``%H:%M:%S`` The date and time format used in console log messages. Allowed date/time formatting can be seen on http://docs.python.org/library/time.html#time.strftime .. code-block:: yaml log_datefmt: '%H:%M:%S' .. conf_master:: log_datefmt_logfile ``log_datefmt_logfile`` ----------------------- Default: ``%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S`` The date and time format used in log file messages. Allowed date/time formatting can be seen on http://docs.python.org/library/time.html#time.strftime .. code-block:: yaml log_datefmt_logfile: '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' .. conf_master:: log_fmt_console ``log_fmt_console`` ------------------- Default: ``[%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s`` The format of the console logging messages. Allowed formatting options can be seen on http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes .. code-block:: yaml log_fmt_console: '[%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s' .. conf_master:: log_fmt_logfile ``log_fmt_logfile`` ------------------- Default: ``%(asctime)s,%(msecs)03.0f [%(name)-17s][%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s`` The format of the log file logging messages. Allowed formatting options can be seen on http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes .. code-block:: yaml log_fmt_logfile: '%(asctime)s,%(msecs)03.0f [%(name)-17s][%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s' .. conf_master:: log_granular_levels ``log_granular_levels`` ----------------------- Default: ``{}`` This can be used to control logging levels more specifically. The example sets the main salt library at the 'warning' level, but sets 'salt.modules' to log at the 'debug' level: .. code-block:: yaml log_granular_levels: 'salt': 'warning', 'salt.modules': 'debug' .. conf_master:: default_include ``default_include`` ------------------- Default: ``master.d/*.conf`` The master can include configuration from other files. Per default the master will automatically include all config files from `master.d/*.conf` where master.d is relative to the directory of the master configuration file.