Salt stack
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| Current version |
3000.2 ( April 29, 2020 ) |
| operating system | Platform independent |
| programming language | python |
| category | Configuration management |
| License | Apache |
| German speaking | No |
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Salt stack (abbreviated Salt ) is an open source - software to automate the configuration of server systems. Salt can be used, for example, to install and configure software packages and execute any configuration commands from a central computer on a large number of managed servers.
Salt stack is under the Apache license and basically works across platforms, but particularly supports Unix-like operating systems such as Unix , Linux and FreeBSD . It can also be used to configure computers with Windows operating systems to a limited extent.
Working principle
overview
Salt works according to the client-server model : A central master process runs on the server, which distributes the configuration stored there centrally to the client computers (in Salt jargon: the minions). Communication takes place via the ZeroMQ protocol, secured via public key encryption with AES .
A system administrator defines the configuration of the managed computers using SLS files (SaLt State), which are written in YAML format. With Salt, clients and groups of client computers can be identified using so-called grains, which can contain any properties. Another abstraction that is primarily used to store sensitive information is the pillars that are stored on the master computer.
Honourings and prices
In 2012, Black Duck awarded Salt the title of "Black Duck Open Source Rookie of the Year". For two consecutive years, SaltStack was one of the ten most active projects on GitHub . SaltStack was among the winners of the InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award 2014 and was recognized by TechCrunch as one of the two most interesting projects at OSCON 2013 alongside Docker .
See also
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Workshop: Saltstack for configuration management of servers (ADMIN magazine)
- Tutorial: Automation with Saltstack (Informatik Aktuell)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release v3000.2 . April 29, 2020 (accessed May 6, 2020).
- ↑ Black Duck Rookies of 2011 ( Memento of the original from July 14, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ The Octoverse in 2012
- ↑ State of the Octoverse 2013
- ↑ InfoWorld Technology of the Year Award 2014
- ↑ The Matrix Of Hell And Two Open Source Projects For The Emerging Agnostic Cloud
