====== Using execution modules with salt ======

^  Documentation  ^|
^Name:| Using execution modules with salt |
^Description:| How to use (and install) wonderful execution modules in salt-stack|
^Modification date :|19/10/2018|
^Owner:|dodger@ciberterminal.net|
^Notify changes to:|dodger@ciberterminal.net & warlock86@gmail.com |
^Tags:| salt, salt-stack|

====== Official documentation ======

  * [[https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/execution/index.html|Salt remote execution documentation (a.k.a. modules)]]
  * [[https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/index.html|Salt module reference]]



====== Module specific documentation ======


===== pkg module =====
Some of the functions of pkg module does not work.
List of working functions:
  * clean_repo
  * del_repo
  * diff
  * download
  * file_dict
  * file_list
  * get_repo
  * group_diff
  * group_info
  * group_install
  * group_list
  * hold
  * install
  * latest-version
  * list_holds
  * list_pkgs
  * list_repo_pkgs
  * list_repos
  * list_upgrades
  * mod_repo
  * modified
  * normalize_name
  * owner
  * purge
  * refresh_db
  * move
  * upgrade
  * upgrade_available
  * verify
  * version
  * version_cmp

List of non-working functions:
  * info_installed
  * list_downloaded
  * list_installed_patches
  * list_patches


====== Debugging non-working modules ======

Set ''minion'' loggging to debug:

<code bash>
echo "log_level_logfile: debug" >> /etc/salt/minion
</code>
Restart minion:
<code bash>
systemctl restart salt-minion
</code>

Watch log:
<code bash>
tail -f /var/log/salt/minion 
</code>