salt.modules.augeas_cfg

Manages configuration files via augeas

This module requires the augeas Python module.

Warning

Minimal installations of Debian and Ubuntu have been seen to have packaging bugs with python-augeas, causing the augeas module to fail to import. If the minion has the augeas module installed, but the functions in this execution module fail to run due to being unavailable, first restart the salt-minion service. If the problem persists past that, the following command can be run from the master to determine what is causing the import to fail:

salt minion-id cmd.run 'python -c "from augeas import Augeas"'

For affected Debian/Ubuntu hosts, installing libpython2.7 has been known to resolve the issue.

salt.modules.augeas_cfg.get(path, value='')

Get a value for a specific augeas path

CLI Example:

salt '*' augeas.get /files/etc/hosts/1/ ipaddr
salt.modules.augeas_cfg.ls(path)

List the direct children of a node

CLI Example:

salt '*' augeas.ls /files/etc/passwd
salt.modules.augeas_cfg.match(path, value='')

Get matches for path expression

CLI Example:

salt '*' augeas.match /files/etc/services/service-name ssh
salt.modules.augeas_cfg.remove(path)

Get matches for path expression

CLI Example:

salt '*' augeas.remove /files/etc/sysctl.conf/net.ipv4.conf.all.log_martians
salt.modules.augeas_cfg.setvalue(*args)

Set a value for a specific augeas path

CLI Example:

salt '*' augeas.setvalue /files/etc/hosts/1/canonical localhost

This will set the first entry in /etc/hosts to localhost

CLI Example:

salt '*' augeas.setvalue /files/etc/hosts/01/ipaddr 192.168.1.1 \
                         /files/etc/hosts/01/canonical test

Adds a new host to /etc/hosts the ip address 192.168.1.1 and hostname test

CLI Example:

salt '*' augeas.setvalue prefix=/files/etc/sudoers/ \
         "spec[user = '%wheel']/user" "%wheel" \
         "spec[user = '%wheel']/host_group/host" 'ALL' \
         "spec[user = '%wheel']/host_group/command[1]" 'ALL' \
         "spec[user = '%wheel']/host_group/command[1]/tag" 'PASSWD' \
         "spec[user = '%wheel']/host_group/command[2]" '/usr/bin/apt-get' \
         "spec[user = '%wheel']/host_group/command[2]/tag" NOPASSWD

Ensures that the following line is present in /etc/sudoers:

%wheel ALL = PASSWD : ALL , NOPASSWD : /usr/bin/apt-get , /usr/bin/aptitude
salt.modules.augeas_cfg.tree(path)

Returns recursively the complete tree of a node

CLI Example:

salt '*' augeas.tree /files/etc/

Current Salt release: 2014.1.6

Docs for previous releases on salt.rtfd.org.

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