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Petrus Theron
Asked: 2013-08-03 03:38:14 +0800 CST

View file contents on a Salt Stack minion

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How do I output the contents of a file on all my minions using Salt Stack?

The only 'pull' functionality I can find is in this minion push commit, but this requires configuration changes on the master.

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  1. Best Answer

    Solution using cmd.run module:

    salt '*' cmd.run 'cat /path/to/file'
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  2. Get the contents of a file without using external commands:

    sudo salt '*' cp.get_file_str file:///etc/hosts
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  3. This feature was added on a later version of Salt, you can find it in the salt official documentation on this link.

    You can push a file from a salt minion to the master by issuing this command:

    salt '*' cp.push /path/to/file

    Keep in mind that you need to enable it on the salt master configuration file before by setting the file_recv option to True

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