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NAME

6       salt-master - salt-master Documentation
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8       The Salt master daemon, used to control the Salt minions
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SYNOPSIS

11          salt-master [ options ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       The master daemon controls the Salt minions
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OPTIONS

17       --version
18              Print the version of Salt that is running.
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20       --versions-report
21              Show program's dependencies and version number, and then exit
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23       -h, --help
24              Show the help message and exit
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26       -c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_dir
27              The location of the Salt configuration directory. This directory
28              contains the configuration files for Salt  master  and  minions.
29              The default location on most systems is /etc/salt.
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31       -u USER, --user=USER
32              Specify user to run salt-master
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34       -d, --daemon
35              Run salt-master as a daemon
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37       --pid-file PIDFILE
38              Specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt-mas‐
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41   Logging Options
42       Logging options which override any settings defined on  the  configura‐
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45       -l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL
46              Console  logging  log  level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug,
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49       --log-file=LOG_FILE
50              Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/master.
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52       --log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE
53              Logfile logging log level. One of all,  garbage,  trace,  debug,
54              info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.
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SEE ALSO

57       salt(1) salt(7) salt-minion(1)
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AUTHOR

60       Thomas  S.  Hatch  <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others, please see the
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