22.16.205. salt.modules.system

Support for reboot, shutdown, etc

salt.modules.system.halt()

Halt a running system

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.halt
salt.modules.system.init(runlevel)

Change the system runlevel on sysV compatible systems

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.init 3
salt.modules.system.poweroff()

Poweroff a running system

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.poweroff
salt.modules.system.reboot()

Reboot the system using the 'reboot' command

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.reboot
salt.modules.system.shutdown(at_time=None)

Shutdown a running system

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.shutdown

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

Latest Salt release: 2014.7.1

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