22.2.6.1. salt-key

22.2.6.1.1. Synopsis

salt-key [ options ]

22.2.6.1.2. Description

Salt-key executes simple management of Salt server public keys used for authentication.

22.2.6.1.3. Options

--version

Print the version of Salt that is running.

--versions-report

Show program's dependencies and version number, and then exit

-h, --help

Show the help message and exit

-c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_dir

The location of the Salt configuration directory. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt.

-q, --quiet

Suppress output

-y, --yes

Answer 'Yes' to all questions presented, defaults to False

22.2.6.1.3.1. Logging Options

Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files.

--log-file=LOG_FILE

Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/minion.

--log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE

Logfile logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.

22.2.6.1.3.2. Output Options

--out

Pass in an alternative outputter to display the return of data. This outputter can be any of the available outputters:

grains, highstate, json, key, overstatestage, pprint, raw, txt, yaml

Some outputters are formatted only for data returned from specific functions; for instance, the grains outputter will not work for non-grains data.

If an outputter is used that does not support the data passed into it, then Salt will fall back on the pprint outputter and display the return data using the Python pprint standard library module.

Note

If using --out=json, you will probably want --static as well. Without the static option, you will get a JSON string for each minion. This is due to using an iterative outputter. So if you want to feed it to a JSON parser, use --static as well.

--out-indent OUTPUT_INDENT, --output-indent OUTPUT_INDENT

Print the output indented by the provided value in spaces. Negative values disable indentation. Only applicable in outputters that support indentation.

--out-file=OUTPUT_FILE, --output-file=OUTPUT_FILE

Write the output to the specified file.

--no-color

Disable all colored output

--force-color

Force colored output

Note

When using colored output the color codes are as follows:

green denotes success, red denotes failure, blue denotes changes and success and yellow denotes a expected future change in configuration.

22.2.6.1.3.3. Actions

-l ARG, --list=ARG

List the public keys. The args pre, un, and unaccepted will list unaccepted/unsigned keys. acc or accepted will list accepted/signed keys. rej or rejected will list rejected keys. Finally, all will list all keys.

-L, --list-all

List all public keys. (Deprecated: use --list all)

-a ACCEPT, --accept=ACCEPT

Accept the specified public key (use --include-all to match rejected keys in addition to pending keys). Globs are supported.

-A, --accept-all

Accepts all pending keys.

-r REJECT, --reject=REJECT

Reject the specified public key (use --include-all to match accepted keys in addition to pending keys). Globs are supported.

-R, --reject-all

Rejects all pending keys.

--include-all

Include non-pending keys when accepting/rejecting.

-p PRINT, --print=PRINT

Print the specified public key.

-P, --print-all

Print all public keys

-d DELETE, --delete=DELETE

Delete the specified key. Globs are supported.

-D, --delete-all

Delete all keys.

-f FINGER, --finger=FINGER

Print the specified key's fingerprint.

-F, --finger-all

Print all keys' fingerprints.

22.2.6.1.3.4. Key Generation Options

--gen-keys=GEN_KEYS

Set a name to generate a keypair for use with salt

--gen-keys-dir=GEN_KEYS_DIR

Set the directory to save the generated keypair. Only works with 'gen_keys_dir' option; default is the current directory.

--keysize=KEYSIZE

Set the keysize for the generated key, only works with the '--gen-keys' option, the key size must be 2048 or higher, otherwise it will be rounded up to 2048. The default is 2048.

22.2.6.1.4. See also

salt(7) salt-master(1) salt-minion(1)

Docs for previous releases are available on salt.rtfd.org.

Latest Salt release: 2014.1.13

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