salt-minion(1)

NAME

   salt-minion - salt-minion Documentation

   The Salt minion daemon, receives commands from a remote Salt master.

SYNOPSIS

      salt-minion [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

   The  Salt  minion  receives  commands  from the central Salt master and
   replies with the results of said commands.

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-minion

   -d, --daemon
          Run salt-minion as a daemon

   --pid-file PIDFILE
          Specify    the    location    of    the    pidfile.     Default:
          /var/run/salt-minion.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/minion.

   --log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE
          Logfile  logging  log  level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug,
          info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.

SEE ALSO

   salt(1) salt(7) salt-master(1)

AUTHOR

   Thomas S. Hatch <[email protected]> and many others,  please  see  the
   Authors file

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