Aikataulu – Palvelinten hallinta ict4tn022 3003-ti ja 3001-to – loppukevät 2019

Just write what you want (idempotency). Control almost everything with one system (single source of truth). In plain text (infrastructure as code, versionable). Control 10 computers. Or 100. Or 1000. Or control 2071 computers, like Jussi did on a previous … Continue reading

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Configure Windows and Linux with Single Salt Module

If OS is Windows, the path is ‘C:\tero’. If OS is Linux, the path is ‘/tmp/tero’. You can use conditionals to create Salt modules that work in multiple operating systems.

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Automatically Provision Vagrant Virtual Machines as Salt Slaves

Create a new, fully configured virtual computer in less than a minute. Keep configuration in version control. Manage trough configuration management system.

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Aikataulu – Palvelinten hallinta ict4tn022 3004-ti ja 3002-to – loppukevät 2018 5p

Just write what you want (idempotency). Control almost everything with one system (single source of truth). In plain text (infrastructure as code, versionable). Control 10 computers. Or 100. Or 1000. Or control 2071 computers, like Jussi did on a previous … Continue reading

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Kali as Salt Slave – install salt-minion from upstream

Salt is a configuration management system. With Salt, you can control thousands of computers. Kali Linux does not have salt-minion in the default repositories, so you have to install it from upstream.

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Configuration Management Course is Finished

My students have created many interesting projects on configuration management course. The feedback was excellent, 4.6 out of 5. The most common feedback (mode) was 5 out of 5. Thank you! Jussi Isosompppi controlled 2071 slave computers with Salt.

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Control Windows with Salt

This long article explores Windows management with Salt. First, it shows you how to automatically install software to Windows, control Windows boxes behind NAT and firewall and remotely run arbitrary PowerShell commands on Windows. $ sudo salt ‘*’ pkg.install gedit,firefox,steam,vlc … Continue reading

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Simple Secrets in Salt Pillars

This is a simple example for storing secrets in Salt Pillars. If you have a hundred slaves machines, you don’t need to trust them all. Following this tutorial requires working salt master-slave installation and salt states.

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Configure a Live USB in Two (2) Commands – terokarvinen/sirotin

You boot a computer form your USB stick and give two commands. It’s configured. Install your programs, your settings, your configuration – automatically. Start from Sirotin, fork it, make it your own. wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/terokarvinen/sirotin/master/run.sh bash run.sh   Fork me on … Continue reading

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Secrets in Salt Pillars – SSH Port Change

Salt helps you configure 1, 10, 100 or more computers. Secrets, such as encryption keys, must be given to authorized slaves only. In Salt, secrets are kept in pillars. If you are just starting with pillars, do pillars tutorial first. … Continue reading

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