saltstack grains

The grain interface is some information about the underlying system,it is available for all the Salt module and compounts

salt  'host' grains.ls # to list all the grains in  the salt minion of the  host

salt "host" grains.items # to show all the items in the salt minion whose host is host

salt "host" grains.item  os (or certain item) # to show the certain items in the salt minion

self-define grains in salt minions

edit /etc/salt/grains ,the contents like following:

roles:
  - webserver
    - memcache
deployment: datacenter4
cabinet: 13
cab_u: 14-15

restart salt-minion and  run salt 'host' grains.ls ,you will find the new grain u add

notice the blank between the  key and  value of "cab_u: 14-15"

use grains in command lines  like following:

salt -G 'os:CentOS' test.ping #matching all the Centos minions
salt -C 'G@circle:live and G@data_volume_attached:True' #use grains matching in compound matching

use grains in top.sls files:

'node_type:web':
  - match: grain
  - webserver

'node_type:postgres':
  - match: grain
  - database

'node_type:redis':
  - match: grain
  - redis

'node_type:lb':
  - match: grain
  - lb