That's One Salty Docker!

If you aren't using Docker-Compose, you can spin up individual Salt Masters & Minions like this:

docker run tvoll/one-salty-docker:salt-master

docker run tvoll/one-salty-docker:salt-minion

Docker Compose file will create a Salt master and minion(s). The Salt master auto accepts all minions. Used for testing the salt master with > 1000 minions.

Start the stack

Start the salt master and 1 minion.

docker-compose up -d

Registering minions

When using auto_accept: False (default setting) every minion needs to be accepted. List minions waiting for keys to be accepted. This part can be skipped when using this repo as is.

docker-compose exec master salt-key -L

Accept all pending keys for all minions

docker-compose exec master salt-key -A

Using salt

Scale some extra minions

docker-compose up --scale minion=5

Run some commands on the minions

docker-compose exec master salt '*' test.ping

Using salt with Rancher

Scale the minion service

rancher scale minion=100

Run a ping

rancher exec master salt '*' test.ping

Time the ping

time rancher exec master salt '*' test.ping

Collatz

rancher exec master salt '*' test.collatz 1

Instructions for Portainer

Since Portainer doesn't come with an App Template for SaltStack, you can use these docker compose files in order to build the stack in seconds.

• On your Portainer dashboard, select the App Templates option on the last hand side.
• Once inside of the App Templates section, find the option 'Add Template'
• After the title and the description, choose the template type as 'Compose stack'
• Name would be SaltStack, and Logo for SaltStack can be: https://saltstack.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/SaltStack_logo_blk__400x126.png
• Change the Platform to Linux
• Choose or type whatever category best describes the SaltStack
• The Github Repo will be: https://github.com/tvollscw/One-Salty-Docker
• The Compose File Path will be: docker-compose.yml
• Create the template, search for it in your App Template Index, select the new SaltStack Template, then within it you will have the option to Deploy the Stack.