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salt-api
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:program:`salt-api` is a modular interface on top of `Salt`_ that can provide a
variety of entry points into a running Salt system. It can start and manage
multiple interfaces allowing a REST API to coexist with XMLRPC or even a
Websocket API.
.. _`Salt`: http://saltstack.org/
Getting started
===============
1. Install :program:`salt-api` on the same machine as your Salt master.
2. Edit your Salt master config file for all required options for each
``netapi`` module you wish to run.
3. Install any required additional libraries or software for each ``netapi``
module you wish to run.
4. Run :command:`salt-api` which will then start all configured ``netapi``
modules.
.. note::
Each ``netapi`` module will have differing configuration requirements and
differing required software libraries.
Exactly like the various module types in Salt (:term:`execution modules`,
:term:`renderer modules`, :term:`returner modules`, etc.), :term:`netapi
modules` in :program:`salt-api` will *not* be loaded into memory or started
if all requirements are not met.
Development quickstart
======================
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
topics/quickstart
``netapi`` modules
==================
The core functionality for :program:`salt-api` lies in pluggable ``netapi``
modules that adhere to the simple interface of binding to a port and starting a
service. :program:`salt-api` can manage one or many services concurrently.
Full list of ``netapi`` modules
-------------------------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 3
ref/netapis/all/index
``netapi`` developer reference
------------------------------
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
topics/netapis/index
topics/netapis/writing
Releases
========
.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 2
topics/releases/index
Reference
=========
* :ref:`genindex`
* :ref:`modindex`
* :ref:`search`
* :ref:`glossary`