The Saltutil module is used to manage the state of the salt minion itself. It is used to manage minion modules as well as automate updates to the salt minion
Members
Return the data for a specific job id
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.find_job <job id>
Sends a termination signal (SIGTERM 15) to the named salt job's process
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.kill_job <job id>
Queue the minion to refresh the pillar data.
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.refresh_pillar
Return the data on all running processes salt on the minion
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.running
Sends a signal to the named salt job's process
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.signal_job <job id> 15
Sync down all of the dynamic modules from the file server for a specific environment
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.sync_all
Sync the grains from the _grains directory on the salt master file server. This function is environment aware, pass the desired environment to grab the contents of the _grains directory, base is the default environment.
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.sync_grains
Sync the modules from the _modules directory on the salt master file server. This function is environment aware, pass the desired environment to grab the contents of the _modules directory, base is the default environment.
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.sync_modules
Sync the renderers from the _renderers directory on the salt master file server. This function is environment aware, pass the desired environment to grab the contents of the _renderers directory, base is the default environment.
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.sync_renderers
Sync the returners from the _returners directory on the salt master file server. This function is environment aware, pass the desired environment to grab the contents of the _returners directory, base is the default environment.
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.sync_returners
Sync the states from the _states directory on the salt master file server. This function is environment aware, pass the desired environment to grab the contents of the _states directory, base is the default environment.
CLI Example:
salt '*' saltutil.sync_states