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