Salt Minion Problems

Romo

@WrCombs you forgot to add the hostname after the ip address when appending to the hosts file. That is why both 192.168.1.97 and .94 dont have one, we have to fix this before moving on.

# You ran
echo "192.168.1.94" >> /etc/hosts

#Should've been
echo "192.168.1.94 salt" >> /etc/hosts

We are going to have to edit the file and add the hostname

WrCombs

@Romo how do we do that.

Dashrender

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@Romo how do we do that.

Have fun with vi or install nano.

WrCombs

@Dashrender said in Salt Minion Problems:

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@Romo how do we do that.

Have fun with vi or install nano.

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Romo

@WrCombs We have two ways, first way would be to use a text editor

Dashrender

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@Dashrender said in Salt Minion Problems:

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@Romo how do we do that.

Have fun with vi or install nano.

?

Google is your friend.
vi is a text editor that has been around for almost ever. You'll need to google the commands for how to use it.
nano is a generally easier to use text editor.

WrCombs

https://i.imgur.com/uKFhk8u.png

@Romo @scottalanmiller : looks better to me

Romo

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

https://i.imgur.com/uKFhk8u.png

@Romo @scottalanmiller : looks better to me

Yes indeed, good job. Now lets go back to the salt master and check for the salt-minons key.

WrCombs

Its unaccepted
!

https://i.imgur.com/iLNaA8H.png

Dashrender

Now that the IP thing if fixed, try setting up the minion from scratch again.

WrCombs

keys has been accepted

Romo

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

Its unaccepted
!

https://i.imgur.com/iLNaA8H.png

You have to accept the key

Romo

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

keys has been accepted

Try running

salt '*' test.ping

WrCombs

@Romo said in Salt Minion Problems:

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

keys has been accepted

Try running
salt '*' test.ping

https://i.imgur.com/ufHTuiO.png

Romo

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@Romo said in Salt Minion Problems:
@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

keys has been accepted

Try running
salt '*' test.ping
https://i.imgur.com/ufHTuiO.png

The minions name seems wrong, it should be the hostname of the machine. Didn't pay attention to that when we accepted the key.

WrCombs

@Romo said in Salt Minion Problems:

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:
@Romo said in Salt Minion Problems:
@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

keys has been accepted

Try running
salt '*' test.ping
https://i.imgur.com/ufHTuiO.png
The minions name seems wrong, it should be the hostname of the machine. Didn't pay attention to that when we accepted the key.

the minions name is what i set it to. following mr. scotts instructions on the thread

scottalanmiller

I set the minion's name when I created the VM.

scottalanmiller

Key might have been accepted too fast, that's not a healthy minion name.

WrCombs

@scottalanmiller said in Salt Minion Problems:

I set the minion's name when I created the VM.

So i didnt set the name, because it was already set..
What do we need to Fix this now?

Should i forget and reaccept the key? is that possible?

scottalanmiller

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@scottalanmiller said in Salt Minion Problems:

I set the minion's name when I created the VM.

So i didnt set the name, because it was already set..
What do we need to Fix this now?

Should i forget and reaccept the key? is that possible?

No, the key with the minion's name never appeared.

Unsolved Salt Minion Problems