NAME
salt-master - salt-master Documentation
The Salt master daemon, used to control the Salt minions
SYNOPSIS
salt-master [ options ]
DESCRIPTION
The master daemon controls the Salt minions
OPTIONS
- --version
-
Print the version of Salt that is running.
- --versions-report
-
Show program’s dependencies and version number, and then exit
- -h, --help
-
Show the help message and exit
- -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.
- -u USER, --user=USER
-
Specify user to run salt-master
- -d, --daemon
-
Run salt-master as a daemon
- --pid-file PIDFILE
-
Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt-master.pid
Logging Options
Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files.
- -l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL
-
Console logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.
- --log-file=LOG_FILE
-
Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/master.
- --log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE
-
Logfile logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Thomas S. Hatch <[email protected]> and many others, please see the Authors file