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Salt Minion

2019.2.0

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This package was approved as a trusted package on 3/29/2019.

This package installs a salt minion on your system as a windows service. The Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with the results of said commands. It can also be used in standalone mode to apply states to a machine without a master by using C:\salt\salt-call.bat --local state.sls [yoursls] or similar commands with --local.
Note that this package supports two arguments: /master=yoursaltmaster and /minion=yourminionname (note the installer itself uses /minion-name, but parsing dictionary keys with the - is painful).
These arguments can be passed to the package via the --params '/master=yoursaltmaster'. The custom salt master is recommended in most environments, the minion name is optional will default to the hostname if not supplied.

To install Salt Minion, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

C:\> choco install saltminion

To upgrade Salt Minion, run the following command from the command line or from PowerShell:

C:\> choco upgrade saltminion

Files

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  • tools\chocolateyUninstall.ps1 Show 
    # By default, salt installs in c:\salt This package will attempt to call the uninstall executable from there. 
C:\salt\uninst.exe /S
  • tools\chocolateyInstall.ps1 Show 
    $packageName = 'saltminion'

# Update these URLs and checksums when deploying a new version
$url64 = 'https://repo.saltstack.com/windows/Salt-Minion-2019.2.0-Py3-AMD64-Setup.exe'
$checksum64 = '9C46F59C223610009A76F5150883C3D3'
$url = 'https://repo.saltstack.com/windows/Salt-Minion-2019.2.0-Py3-x86-Setup.exe'
$checksum = 'F4C874155C9A565356D201DB4C2D4998'

# Get arguments to download the file from the URLs and checksums above
$packageArgs = @{
  packageName   = $packageName
  fileType      = 'exe'
  url           = $url
  url64bit      = $url64
  silentArgs    = "/S"
  softwareName  = 'Salt*'
  checksum      = $checksum
  checksumType  = 'md5'
  checksum64    = $checksum64
  checksumType64= 'md5'
}

$arguments = @{};
# /master=myMaster /minion=myMinion
$packageParameters = $env:chocolateyPackageParameters;
$packageParameters
# Default the values
$saltMaster = ''
$minionName = ''

# Now parse the packageParameters using good old regular expression
if ($packageParameters) {
    $match_pattern = "\/(?<option>([a-zA-Z]+))=(?<value>([`"'])?([a-zA-Z0-9- _\\:\.]+)([`"'])?)|\/(?<option>([a-zA-Z]+))"
    #"
    $option_name = 'option'
    $value_name = 'value'

    if ($packageParameters -match $match_pattern ){
        $results = $packageParameters | Select-String $match_pattern -AllMatches
        $results.matches | % {
          $arguments.Add(
              $_.Groups[$option_name].Value.Trim(),
              $_.Groups[$value_name].Value.Trim())
      }
    }
    else
    {
      throw "Package Parameters were found but were invalid (REGEX Failure)"
    }

    if ($arguments.ContainsKey("master")) {
        Write-Host "You specified a custom master address"
        $saltMaster = $arguments['master']
        $packageArgs['silentArgs'] += " /master=$saltMaster"
    }

    if ($arguments.ContainsKey("minion")) {
        Write-Host "You specified a custom minion ID"
        $minionName = $arguments['minion']
        $packageArgs['silentArgs'] += " /minion-name=$minionName"
    }
} else {
    Write-Debug "No Package Parameters Passed in, using defaults of /master=salt and /minion=$env:COMPUTERNAME"
}
install-ChocolateyPackage @packageArgs
  • tools\chocolateyBeforeModify.ps1 Show 
    # Need to keep a copy of the C:\salt\conf\minion and minion.d files in case the user is upgrading and wants to persist their existing settings.
$chocoBackup =  '$env:ProgramData\chocolatey\lib-bkp\saltconfig'
$saltConfig = 'C:\salt\conf\'
# Items to keep around, 'pki' is "identity", 'minion[_id]' is settings and ID, 'minion.d' is additional settings
#if (Test-Path $saltConfig ) { copy-item $saltConfig $chocoBackup -recurse }
# In chocolateyInstall.ps1 will need to look for a previous backup and restore files either before install or after upgrade (only IF the master & minion ID match?)
# if (Test-Path $chocoBackup) { copy-item $chocoBackup $saltConfig -recurse }
# Maybe do the backup via another package that simply assumes C:\salt\conf and performs the backup? but reverse-depends don't work here
# In chocolateyUninstall.ps1 will need to remove $chocoBackup if it exists but only if doing a real uninstall and not an upgrade

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Dependencies

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Software Author(s)

  • SaltStack

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Release Notes

  • Updated to latest version

    • Use Python 3

    • Rebuilt 2019-01-17 with updated checksums using the Python 3 installers

Version History

Version Downloads Last updated Status
Salt Minion 2019.2.0 1450 Tuesday, February 26, 2019 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.4 242 Tuesday, February 26, 2019 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.3.3 955 Thursday, January 17, 2019 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.3.2 240 Wednesday, January 16, 2019 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.3.1 1282 Monday, November 12, 2018 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.3 1586 Wednesday, October 24, 2018 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.2 2718 Wednesday, June 27, 2018 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.1 546 Wednesday, June 13, 2018 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.0.1 1134 Monday, May 21, 2018 approved
Salt Minion 2018.3.0 2538 Tuesday, April 3, 2018 approved
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