SALT-MASTER(1) Salt SALT-MASTER(1)NAMEsalt-master - salt-master Documentation
The Salt master daemon, used to control the Salt minions
SYNOPSISsalt-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 /usr/local/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-mas‐
ter.pid
Logging Options
Logging options which override any settings defined on the configura‐
tion 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 ALSOsalt(1)salt(7)salt-minion(1)AUTHOR
Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others, please see the
Authors file
COPYRIGHT
2015 SaltStack, Inc.
2015.8.1 September 30, 2015 SALT-MASTER(1)
