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Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer
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servers in a fast and efficient way.
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Salt allows commands to be executed across large groups of servers. This means
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systems can be easily managed, but data can also be easily gathered. Quick
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introspection into running systems becomes a reality.
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Remote execution is usually used to set up a certain state on a remote system.
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Salt addresses this problem as well, the salt state system uses salt state
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files to define the state a server needs to be in.
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Between the remote execution system, and state management Salt addresses the
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backbone of cloud and data center management.
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News
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0.9.2 released!
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Release announcement:
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topics/releases/0.9.2
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Download
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The latest Salt is |version|:
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|latest|
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Additional packages can be downloaded from the download page:
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:maxdepth: 1
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topics/download
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Getting Started
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===============
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A number of resources are available to get going with Salt.
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Quick Start
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If you want to get set up quickly and try out Salt, follow the tutorial.
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:maxdepth: 1
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topics/tutorial
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Salt in Depth
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=============
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While using and setting up Salt is a simple task, the capabilities of Salt
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run much deeper.
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Gaining a better understanding of how Salt works will allow you to get much
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more out of Salt.
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Screencasts and Presentations
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Presentation at SLLUG in May 2011
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`video`_ | `slides`_ (PDF)
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.. _`video`: http://blip.tv/thomas-s-hatch/salt-0-8-7-presentation-5180182
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.. _`slides`: :download:`Salt.pdf`
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Configuration and CLI Usage
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ref/configuration/index
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ref/cli/index
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Extending Salt
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==============
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Writing your own customizations on top of Salt
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:hidden:
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ref/index
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ref/modules/index
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ref/grains
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ref/returners/index
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ref/states/index
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ref/runners
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ref/renderers
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ref/python-api
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ref/file_server/index
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* **Modules:**
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:doc:`Writing modules <ref/modules/index>`
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| :doc:`full list of modules <ref/modules/modules>`
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* **Grains:**
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:doc:`Grains <ref/grains>`
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* **Returners:**
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:doc:`Writing returners <ref/returners/index>`
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| :doc:`full list of returners <ref/returners/returners>`
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* **State enforcement:**
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:doc:`States <ref/states/index>`
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| :doc:`Renderers <ref/renderers>`
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* **Python API:**
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:doc:`Python API <ref/python-api>`
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* **File Server:**
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:doc:`File Server <ref/file_server/index>`
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Salt Network Topology
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=====================
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Salt can be extended beyond a simple master commanding minions, for more
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information read up on the peer and syndic interfaces.
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:maxdepth: 1
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ref/syndic
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ref/peer
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Getting Involved
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There are many ways to interact with the Salt community.
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topics/community
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topics/releases/index
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Indices, glossary and tables
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============================
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* :ref:`genindex`
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* :ref:`modindex`
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* :ref:`search`
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