salt/doc/ref/cli/salt-master.rst
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``salt-master``
===============
The Salt master daemon, used to control the Salt minions
Synopsis
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salt-master [ options ]
Description
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The master daemon controls the Salt minions
Options
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.. program:: salt-master
.. option:: -h, --help
Print a usage message briefly summarizing these command-line options.
.. option:: --version
Show program's version number and exit
.. option:: --versions-report
Show program's dependencies version number and exit
.. option:: -d, --daemon
Run the Salt master as a daemon
.. option:: -c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_dir
The location of the Salt configuration directory, this directory contains
the configuration files for Salt master and minions. The default location
on most systems is /etc/salt.
.. option:: -u USER, --user=USER
Specify user to run minion
.. option:: --pid-file PIDFILE
Specify the location of the pidfile.
.. option:: -l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL
Console log level. One of ``info``, ``none``, ``garbage``,
``trace``, ``warning``, ``error``, ``debug``. For the logfile
settings see the config file. Default: ``warning``.
See also
========
:manpage:`salt(1)`
:manpage:`salt(7)`
:manpage:`salt-minion(1)`