.TH "SALT-MINION" "1" "June 16, 2014" "0.17.5" "Salt"
.SH NAME
salt-minion \- salt-minion Documentation
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The Salt minion daemon, receives commands from a remote Salt master.
.SH SYNOPSIS
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salt\-minion [ options ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
The Salt minion receives commands from the central Salt master and replies with
the results of said commands.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-\-version
Print the version of Salt that is running.
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.B \-\-versions\-report
Show program\(aqs dependencies and version number, and then exit
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.B \-h, \-\-help
Show the help message and exit
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.B \-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 \fB/etc/salt\fP.
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.B \-u USER, \-\-user=USER
Specify user to run salt\-minion
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.B \-d, \-\-daemon
Run salt\-minion as a daemon
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.B \-\-pid\-file PIDFILE
Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt\-minion.pid
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.SS Logging Options
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Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files.
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.B \-l LOG_LEVEL, \-\-log\-level=LOG_LEVEL
Console logging log level. One of \fBall\fP, \fBgarbage\fP, \fBtrace\fP,
\fBdebug\fP, \fBinfo\fP, \fBwarning\fP, \fBerror\fP, \fBquiet\fP. Default:
\fBwarning\fP.
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.B \-\-log\-file=LOG_FILE
Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/minion.
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.B \-\-log\-file\-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE
Logfile logging log level. One of \fBall\fP, \fBgarbage\fP, \fBtrace\fP,
\fBdebug\fP, \fBinfo\fP, \fBwarning\fP, \fBerror\fP, \fBquiet\fP. Default:
\fBwarning\fP.
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fIsalt(1)\fP
\fIsalt(7)\fP
\fIsalt\-master(1)\fP
.SH AUTHOR
Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others, please see the Authors file
.SH COPYRIGHT
2013 SaltStack, Inc.
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