Full list of builtin execution modulesΒΆ

Virtual modules

aliases Manage the information in the aliases file
alternatives Support for Alternatives system
apache Support for Apache
aptpkg Support for APT (Advanced Packaging Tool)
archive A module to wrap archive calls
at Wrapper module for at(1)
augeas_cfg Manages configuration files via augeas
aws_sqs Support for the Amazon Simple Queue Service.
bluez Support for Bluetooth (using BlueZ in Linux).
brew Homebrew for Mac OS X
bridge Module for gathering and managing bridging information
bsd_shadow Manage the password database on BSD systems
cassandra Cassandra NoSQL Database Module
chocolatey A dead simple module wrapping calls to the Chocolatey package manager
cloud Salt-specific interface for calling Salt Cloud directly
cmdmod A module for shelling out
composer Use composer to install PHP dependencies for a directory
config Return config information
cp Minion side functions for salt-cp
cron Work with cron
daemontools daemontools service module. This module will create daemontools type
darwin_sysctl Module for viewing and modifying sysctl parameters
data Manage a local persistent data structure that can hold any arbitrary data
ddns Support for RFC 2136 dynamic DNS updates.
debconfmod Support for Debconf
debian_ip The networking module for Debian based distros
debian_service Service support for Debian systems (uses update-rc.d and /sbin/service)
dig Compendium of generic DNS utilities
disk Module for gathering disk information
djangomod Manage Django sites
dnsmasq Module for managing dnqmasq
dnsutil Compendium of generic DNS utilities
dockerio Management of dockers ===================== ..
dpkg Support for DEB packages
ebuild Support for Portage
eix Support for Eix
eselect Support for eselect, Gentoo's configuration and management tool.
event Use the Salt Event System to fire events from the
extfs Module for managing ext2/3/4 file systems
file Manage information about regular files, directories,
freebsd_sysctl Module for viewing and modifying sysctl parameters
freebsdjail The jail module for FreeBSD
freebsdkmod Module to manage FreeBSD kernel modules
freebsdpkg Remote package support using pkg_add(1) ..
freebsdports Install software from the FreeBSD ports(7) system
freebsdservice The service module for FreeBSD
gem Manage ruby gems.
gentoo_service Top level package command wrapper, used to translate the os detected by grains
gentoolkitmod Support for Gentoolkit
git Support for the Git SCM
glance Module for handling openstack glance calls.
gnomedesktop GNOME implementations
grains Return/control aspects of the grains data
groupadd Manage groups on Linux and OpenBSD
grub_legacy Support for GRUB Legacy
guestfs Interact with virtual machine images via libguestfs
hg Support for the Mercurial SCM
hosts Manage the information in the hosts file
htpasswd Support for htpasswd command
img Virtual machine image management tools
iptables Support for iptables
key Functions to view the minion's public key information
keyboard Module for managing keyboards on POSIX-like systems.
keystone Module for handling openstack keystone calls.
kmod Module to manage Linux kernel modules
launchctl Module for the management of MacOS systems that use launchd/launchctl
layman Support for Layman
ldapmod Salt interface to LDAP commands
linux_acl Support for Linux File Access Control Lists
linux_lvm Support for Linux LVM2
linux_sysctl Module for viewing and modifying sysctl parameters
localemod Module for managing locales on POSIX-like systems.
locate Module for using the locate utilities
logrotate Module for managing logrotate.
lvs Support for LVS (Linux Virtual Server)
lxc Control Linux Containers via Salt
mac_group Manage groups on Mac OS 10.7+
mac_user Manage users on Mac OS 10.7+
makeconf Support for modifying make.conf under Gentoo
match The match module allows for match routines to be run and determine target specs
mdadm Salt module to manage RAID arrays with mdadm
memcached Module for Management of Memcached Keys
mine The function cache system allows for data to be stored on the master so it can be easily read by other minions
modjk Control Modjk via the Apache Tomcat "Status" worker
mongodb Module to provide MongoDB functionality to Salt
monit Monit service module.
moosefs Module for gathering and managing information about MooseFS
mount Salt module to manage unix mounts and the fstab file
munin Run munin plugins/checks from salt and format the output as data.
mysql Module to provide MySQL compatibility to salt.
netbsd_sysctl Module for viewing and modifying sysctl parameters
netbsdservice The service module for NetBSD
network Module for gathering and managing network information
nfs3 Module for managing NFS version 3.
nginx Support for nginx
nova Module for handling OpenStack Nova calls.
npm Manage and query NPM packages.
omapi This module interacts with an ISC DHCP Server via OMAPI.
openbsdpkg Package support for OpenBSD
openbsdservice The service module for OpenBSD
openstack_config Modify, retrieve, or delete values from OpenStack configuration files.
osxdesktop Mac OS X implementations of various commands in the "desktop" interface
pacman A module to wrap pacman calls, since Arch is the best
pagerduty Module for Firing Events via PagerDuty
pam Support for pam
parted Module for managing partitions on POSIX-like systems.
pecl Manage PHP pecl extensions.
pillar Extract the pillar data for this minion
pip Install Python packages with pip to either the system or a virtualenv
pkg_resource Resources needed by pkg providers
pkgin Package support for pkgin based systems, inspired from freebsdpkg module
pkgng Support for pkgng, the new package manager for FreeBSD
pkgutil Pkgutil support for Solaris
portage_config Configure portage(5)
postgres Module to provide Postgres compatibility to salt.
poudriere Support for poudriere
powerpath powerpath support.
ps A salt interface to psutil, a system and process library.
publish Publish a command from a minion to a target
puppet Execute puppet routines
pw_group Manage groups on FreeBSD
pw_user Manage users with the useradd command
qemu_img Qemu-img Command Wrapper
qemu_nbd Qemu Command Wrapper
quota Module for managing quotas on POSIX-like systems.
rabbitmq Module to provide RabbitMQ compatibility to Salt.
rbenv Manage ruby installations with rbenv.
rdp Manage RDP Service on Windows servers
reg Manage the registry on Windows
ret Module to integrate with the returner system and retrieve data sent to a salt returner
rh_ip The networking module for RHEL/Fedora based distros
rh_service Service support for RHEL-based systems, including support for both upstart and sysvinit
riak Riak Salt Module
rpm Support for rpm
rvm Manage ruby installations and gemsets with RVM, the Ruby Version Manager.
s3 Connection module for Amazon S3
saltcloudmod Control a salt cloud system
saltutil The Saltutil module is used to manage the state of the salt minion itself. It
seed Virtual machine image management tools
selinux Execute calls on selinux ..
service The default service module, if not otherwise specified salt will fall back
shadow Manage the shadow file
smartos_imgadm Module for running imgadm command on SmartOS
smartos_vmadm Module for managing VMs on SmartOS
smf Service support for Solaris 10 and 11, should work with other systems
solaris_group Manage groups on Solaris
solaris_shadow Manage the password database on Solaris systems
solaris_user Manage users with the useradd command
solarispkg Package support for Solaris
solr Apache Solr Salt Module
sqlite3 Support for SQLite3
ssh Manage client ssh components
state Control the state system on the minion
status Module for returning various status data about a minion.
supervisord Provide the service module for system supervisord or supervisord in a
svn Subversion SCM
sysbench The 'sysbench' module is used to analyse the
sysmod The sys module provides information about the available functions on the minion
system Support for reboot, shutdown, etc
systemd Provide the service module for systemd
test Module for running arbitrary tests
timezone Module for managing timezone on POSIX-like systems.
tls A salt module for SSL/TLS.
tomcat Support for Tomcat
upstart Module for the management of upstart systems.
useradd Manage users with the useradd command
virt Work with virtual machines managed by libvirt
virtualenv_mod Create virtualenv environments
win_autoruns Module for listing programs that automatically run on startup
win_disk Module for gathering disk information on Windows
win_dns_client Module for configuring DNS Client on Windows systems
win_file Manage information about files on the minion, set/read user, group
win_firewall Module for configuring Windows Firewall
win_groupadd Manage groups on Windows
win_ip The networking module for Windows based systems
win_network Module for gathering and managing network information
win_ntp Management of NTP servers on Windows
win_path Manage the Windows System PATH
win_pkg A module to manage software on Windows
win_repo Module to manage Windows software repo on a Standalone Minion
win_servermanager Manage Windows features via the ServerManager powershell module
win_service Windows Service module.
win_shadow Manage the shadow file
win_status Module for returning various status data about a minion.
win_system Support for reboot, shutdown, etc
win_timezone Module for managing timezone on Windows systems.
win_useradd Manage Windows users with the net user command
xapi This module (mostly) uses the XenAPI to manage Xen virtual machines.
xmpp Module for Sending Messages via XMPP (a.k.a. Jabber)
yumpkg Support for YUM
zcbuildout Management of zc.buildout
zfs Module for running ZFS command
zpool Module for running ZFS zpool command
zypper Package support for openSUSE via the zypper package manager

Current Salt release: 2014.1.6

Docs for previous releases on salt.rtfd.org.

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