salt 'minion-x-*' system.reboot # reboot minions that match minion-x-*
salt '*' status.uptime # Get the uptime of all our minions
salt -v -G owner:theo pkg.list_upgrades # List available package updates for Theo's minions
salt 'web*' pkg.install dstat # Install a package on matching Salt Minions
salt '*' ps.grep apache # Check if a specific application/process is running
salt 'web*' cp.push /var/log/dpkg.log # Gather/collect/pull files from Salt minions and upload them to the master
salt '*' file.contains /etc/hosts.allow 'yber' # Check if a file on the Salt minions contains a certain string
salt-cp '*' some_script.py /target-dir/some_script.py # Push or upload or copy a file from the Salt master to the Salt minions
salt '*' cmd.run 'uname -a' # Show running kernel and OS info on all minions
salt '*' cmd.run 'df -h' # Show Diskspace info on all minions
salt '*' pkg.list_upgrades # get a list of packages that need to be upgrade
salt '*' pkg.refresh_db # refreshes package db (apt-get update)
salt '*' pkg.upgrade # Upgrades all packages via apt-get dist-upgrade (or similar)
salt '*' pkg.version bash # get current version of the bash package
salt '*' pkg.install bash # install or upgrade bash package
salt '*' pkg.install bash refresh=True # install or upgrade bash package but
# refresh the package database before installing.
salt '*' service.status <service name
salt '*' service.available <service name>
salt '*' service.start <service name>
salt '*' service.restart <service name>
salt '*' service.stop <service name
salt 'minion1' network.ping <hostname> # Ping a host from your minion
salt 'minion1' network.traceroute <hostname> # Traceroute a host from your minion
salt 'minion1' network.get_hostname # Get hostname
salt 'minion1' network.mod_hostname # Modify hostname
salt-run state.highstate # runs all states targetted for a minion, on a minion
salt 'ns*' state.highstate # runs all states targetted for a minion, from master
salt 'web*' state.sls settings.nginx # runs settings/nginx/init.sls on web*
salt <MINION> saltutil.running # aktive Jobs finden, die auf<MINION>laufen
salt <MINION> saltutil.kill_job <JID> # Job mit<JID>auf<MINION>abbrechen
salt '<MINION>' pillar.ls # Pillars auflisten, die für<MINION>gültig sind
salt '<MINION>' pillar.items # Inhalt der Pillars anzeigen, die für<MINION>gültig sind
