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Extending SaltStack

Build and write salt modules

Publisher:Packt Publishing Limited
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Description

Extend the power of your infrastructure and applications with Salt modules

Key Features

  • Get the most up-to-date practical resource on writing new Salt modules and extending Salt
  • Learn through use cases and encounter both commonly-used modules as well as advanced ones
  • Effectively troubleshoot problems and hiccups encountered while building and putting modules to work

Book Description

Salt already ships with a very powerful set of tools, but that doesn't mean that they all suit your needs perfectly. By adding your own modules and enhancing existing ones, you can bring the functionality that you need to increase your productivity. Extending SaltStack follows a tutorial-based approach to explain different types of modules, from fundamentals to complete and full-functioning modules.

Starting with the Loader system that drives Salt, this book will guide you through the most common types of modules. First you will learn how to write execution modules. Then you will extend the configuration using the grain, pillar, and SDB modules. Next up will be state modules and then the renderers that can be used with them. This will be followed with returner and output modules, which increase your options to manage return data. After that, there will be modules for external file servers, clouds, beacons, and finally external authentication and wheel modules to manage the master.

With this guide in hand, you will be prepared to create, troubleshoot, and manage the most common types of Salt modules and take your infrastructure to new heights!

What you will learn

  • Understand the working of Salt s Loader system
  • Write several of the most common types of Salt modules
  • Interact between different kinds of modules and build new ones
  • Submit open source modules upstream to the Salt project
  • Make Salt interact with third-party services and applications

Who this book is for

This book is for both new and existing Salt developers who are looking to build and write new Salt modules. Some prior Python development experience is expected.

Table of Contents

  1. Starting with the Basics
  2. Writing Execution Modules
  3. Extending Salt Configuration
  4. Wrapping States around Modules
  5. Rendering Data
  6. Handling Return Data
  7. Scripting with Runners
  8. Adding External File Servers
  9. Connecting to the Cloud
  10. Monitoring with Beacons
  11. Extending the Master
  12. Appendix A: Connecting Different Modules
  13. Appendix B: Contributing Code Upstream
PDF ISBN: 978-1-78588-816-8
Publisher: Packt Publishing Limited
Copyright owner: © 2016 Packt Publishing Limited
Publication date: 2025
Language: English
Pages: 240
Related subjects:
Computer sciences,
Computer sciences, other

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