salt.modules.chef¶

Execute chef in server or solo mode

salt.modules.chef.client(whyrun=False, localmode=False, logfile=None, **kwargs)¶

Execute a chef client run and return a dict with the stderr, stdout, return code, and pid.

CLI Example:

salt '*' chef.client server=https://localhost

server

The chef server URL

client_key

Set the client key file location

config

The configuration file to use

config-file-jail

Directory under which config files are allowed to be loaded (no client.rb or knife.rb outside this path will be loaded).

environment

Set the Chef Environment on the node

group

Group to set privilege to

json-attributes

Load attributes from a JSON file or URL

localmode

Point chef-client at local repository if True

log_level

Set the log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal)

logfile

Set the log file location

node-name

The node name for this client

override-runlist

Replace current run list with specified items for a single run

pid

Set the PID file location, defaults to /tmp/chef-client.pid

run-lock-timeout

Set maximum duration to wait for another client run to finish, default is indefinitely.

runlist

Permanently replace current run list with specified items

user

User to set privilege to

validation_key

Set the validation key file location, used for registering new clients

whyrun

Enable whyrun mode when set to True

salt.modules.chef.solo(whyrun=False, logfile=None, **kwargs)¶

Execute a chef solo run and return a dict with the stderr, stdout, return code, and pid.

CLI Example:

salt '*' chef.solo override-runlist=test

config

The configuration file to use

environment

Set the Chef Environment on the node

group

Group to set privilege to

json-attributes

Load attributes from a JSON file or URL

log_level

Set the log level (debug, info, warn, error, fatal)

logfile

Set the log file location

node-name

The node name for this client

override-runlist

Replace current run list with specified items for a single run

recipe-url

Pull down a remote gzipped tarball of recipes and untar it to the cookbook cache

run-lock-timeout

Set maximum duration to wait for another client run to finish, default is indefinitely.

user

User to set privilege to

whyrun

Enable whyrun mode when set to True