How do you add existing Salt minions?

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Hi,

I've got Foreman up and running on my Salt master server and have the
two Salt plugins installed but I have three minions that aren't being
picked up.

You can see that they exist:

root@saltmaster [~]

salt-key

Accepted Keys:
test-vmserver
dell-r720
saltminion1
Unaccepted Keys:
Rejected Keys:

Maybe I don't have the smart proxy configured properly? I created one
with the URL being the hostname of the Salt master, port 8443. If I
go to Infrastructure > Smart proxies, I can see the minions if I click
the Salt Keys button.

But in Foreman, the only host that is displayed is the salt master
itself. I know I must be just missing something but I've read the
docs and can't figure out exactly what it is. Can anyone point me in
the right direction?

Thanks!

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> Hi,
>
> I've got Foreman up and running on my Salt master server and have the
> two Salt plugins installed but I have three minions that aren't being
> picked up.
>
> You can see that they exist:
>
> root@saltmaster [~]
> # salt-key
> Accepted Keys:
> test-vmserver
> dell-r720
> saltminion1
> Unaccepted Keys:
> Rejected Keys:
>
> Maybe I don't have the smart proxy configured properly? I created one
> with the URL being the hostname of the Salt master, port 8443. If I
> go to Infrastructure > Smart proxies, I can see the minions if I click
> the Salt Keys button.
>
> But in Foreman, the only host that is displayed is the salt master
> itself. I know I must be just missing something but I've read the
> docs and can't figure out exactly what it is. Can anyone point me in
> the right direction?

Foreman will automatically create the hosts when it gets a highstate
report or grains.

Have you configured /etc/salt/master as per the wiki?
https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_salt/wiki#2-installation

If so, then this will create the hosts:

salt '*' state.highstate

upload-salt-reports

··· On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:12:14PM -0700, Bryan Arenal wrote:

Thanks!

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I'm sorry for the annoying newbie questions. I think I'm almost
there, I'm just having a hard time figuring this part out.

I did and have those entries in my /etc/salt/master:

root@saltmaster [~]

cat /etc/salt/master

autosign_file: /etc/salt/autosign.conf

master_tops:
ext_nodes: /usr/bin/foreman-node

ext_pillar:

  • puppet: /usr/bin/foreman-node

I also updated my foreman.yaml and restarted the foreman-proxy service.

But I think I've just got something not quite right because running
'salt '*' state.highstate, they all return errors:

salt '*' state.highstate

saltminion1:

··· On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Stephen Benjamin wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:12:14PM -0700, Bryan Arenal wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I've got Foreman up and running on my Salt master server and have the >> two Salt plugins installed but I have three minions that aren't being >> picked up. >> >> You can see that they exist: >> >> root@saltmaster [~] >> # salt-key >> Accepted Keys: >> test-vmserver >> dell-r720 >> saltminion1 >> Unaccepted Keys: >> Rejected Keys: >> >> Maybe I don't have the smart proxy configured properly? I created one >> with the URL being the hostname of the Salt master, port 8443. If I >> go to Infrastructure > Smart proxies, I can see the minions if I click >> the Salt Keys button. >> >> But in Foreman, the only host that is displayed is the salt master >> itself. I know I must be just missing something but I've read the >> docs and can't figure out exactly what it is. Can anyone point me in >> the right direction? > > > Foreman will automatically create the hosts when it gets a highstate > report or grains. > > Have you configured /etc/salt/master as per the wiki? > https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_salt/wiki#2-installation > > If so, then this will create the hosts: > > # salt '*' state.highstate > # upload-salt-reports 
      ID: states
Function: no.None
  Result: False
 Comment: No Top file or external nodes data matches found
 Started:
Duration:
 Changes:

Summary

Succeeded: 0
Failed: 1

Total states run: 1
test-vmserver:

      ID: states
Function: no.None
  Result: False
 Comment: No Top file or external nodes data matches found
 Started:
Duration:
 Changes:

Summary

Succeeded: 0
Failed: 1

Total states run: 1
dell-r720:

      ID: states
Function: no.None
  Result: False
 Comment: No Top file or external nodes data matches found
 Started:
Duration:
 Changes:

Summary

Succeeded: 0
Failed: 1

Total states run: 1

Again, I apologize for the newbie questions. I know how painful they
can be. But thank you for your help.

Cheers

4

> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I've got Foreman up and running on my Salt master server and have the
> >> two Salt plugins installed but I have three minions that aren't being
> >> picked up.
> >>
> >> You can see that they exist:
> >>
> >> root@saltmaster [~]
> >> # salt-key
> >> Accepted Keys:
> >> test-vmserver
> >> dell-r720
> >> saltminion1
> >> Unaccepted Keys:
> >> Rejected Keys:
> >>
> >> Maybe I don't have the smart proxy configured properly? I created one
> >> with the URL being the hostname of the Salt master, port 8443. If I
> >> go to Infrastructure > Smart proxies, I can see the minions if I click
> >> the Salt Keys button.
> >>
> >> But in Foreman, the only host that is displayed is the salt master
> >> itself. I know I must be just missing something but I've read the
> >> docs and can't figure out exactly what it is. Can anyone point me in
> >> the right direction?
> >
> >
> > Foreman will automatically create the hosts when it gets a highstate
> > report or grains.
> >
> > Have you configured /etc/salt/master as per the wiki?
> > https://github.com/theforeman/foreman_salt/wiki#2-installation
> >
> > If so, then this will create the hosts:
> >
> > # salt '' state.highstate
> > # upload-salt-reports
>
> I'm sorry for the annoying newbie questions. I think I'm almost
> there, I'm just having a hard time figuring this part out.
>
> I did and have those entries in my /etc/salt/master:
>
> root@saltmaster [~]
> # cat /etc/salt/master
>
> autosign_file: /etc/salt/autosign.conf
>
> master_tops:
> ext_nodes: /usr/bin/foreman-node
>
> ext_pillar:
> - puppet: /usr/bin/foreman-node
>
> I also updated my foreman.yaml and restarted the foreman-proxy service.
>
> But I think I've just got something not quite right because running
> 'salt '' state.highstate, they all return errors:
>
> # salt '*' state.highstate
> saltminion1:
> ----------
> ID: states
> Function: no.None
> Result: False
> Comment: No Top file or external nodes data matches found
> Started:
> Duration:
> Changes:
>
> Summary
> ------------
> Succeeded: 0
> Failed: 1
> ------------
> Total states run: 1
> test-vmserver:
> ----------
> ID: states
> Function: no.None
> Result: False
> Comment: No Top file or external nodes data matches found
> Started:
> Duration:
> Changes:
>
> Summary
> ------------
> Succeeded: 0
> Failed: 1
> ------------
> Total states run: 1
> dell-r720:
> ----------
> ID: states
> Function: no.None
> Result: False
> Comment: No Top file or external nodes data matches found
> Started:
> Duration:
> Changes:
>
> Summary
> ------------
> Succeeded: 0
> Failed: 1
> ------------
> Total states run: 1
>
> Again, I apologize for the newbie questions. I know how painful they
> can be. But thank you for your help.

That's fine, that just means you haven't assigned any states to the
systems. But after running that, run 'upload-salt-reports' (that is
also in a cron in /etc/crond.d/smart_proxy_salt every ~30 minutes by
default).

After the report is uploaded, you should see dell-r720 in Foreman and
then can use them.

If that doesn't work, any errors in /var/log/foreman/production.log?

··· On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 01:42:50PM -0700, Bryan Arenal wrote: > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Stephen Benjamin wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 12, 2015 at 12:12:14PM -0700, Bryan Arenal wrote:

Cheers

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