Salt API

This is a simple client gem for the Salt API.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'salt-api'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install salt-api

Get a list of minions including grains info.

require 'salt/api'

Salt::Api.configure do |config|
  config.hostname = "salt.example.com"
  config.username = "user1"
  config.password = "password"
  config.eauth = "ldap"
end

puts Salt::Api.minions

require 'salt/api'

Salt::Api.run(
  client: 'local',
  tgt: '*',
  fun: 'test.ping'
)

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/jbussdieker/ruby-salt-api.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.