Salt Cookbook

Over 80 hands-on recipes to efficiently configure and manage your infrastructure with SaltAbout This BookStart with the basics and move on to advanced features and configurations of the Salt configuration management toolConfigure the tool for optimal performance and troubleshoot probable issuesWrite Salt configurations for all infrastructural needs, including the operating system with help of detailed examples.Who This Book Is ForIf you are a professional associated with system and infrastructure management, looking at automated infrastructure and deployments, then this book is for you. No prior experience of Salt is required.What You Will LearnUnderstand the basic Salt architecture and components and learn how to configure themUnderstand and configure advanced Salt components and manipulate configurationsConfigure Salt modules, the orchestration procedure and set up multi-master configurationsConfigure operating system components such as files, users, volumes, authentication, and so onLeverage the cloud capabilities of SaltUnderstand and configure the Salt event and reactor systemIn DetailSalt has become one of the major players in automation and configuration management solutions.This book starts with the basics of the tool, the procedures to get up and running with Salt and then moves on to configuring very simple but important details to receive optimal performance from the tool. It also walks you through Salt configurations for different infrastructure components and the details of the Salt modules for each of the components. The book also provides some common problem scenarios and how to troubleshoot them.With detailed configuration, their explanation and command line outputs of the module execution, Salt Cookbook will help you to get up and running with Salt for all your infrastructural needs.