Bootstrap

Overview

There are a number of ways to Bootstrap an initial Salt-Master deployment.

A generic workflow example:

Bootstrap Scaffolding:

• Manually fill in the answer file
• Use the Salt-Orchestrator to create the scaffolding for the environment
• Use Salt-Cloud with “make_master” to deploy an Instance for the Salt-Master
• Configure the Salt-Master with an initial configuration

Bootstrap Environment:

• Execute a High State on the newly deployed Salt-Master
• Use Salt-Cloud from the new Salt-Master to deploy a Map of the environment

Amazon Web Services

This bootstrap process is based on the following Architecture.

The steps to bootstrap Salt in AWS are as follows:

1. TODO: Complete these steps.

Microsoft Azure

This bootstrap process is based on the following Architecture.

The steps to bootstrap Salt in Azure are as follows:

1. TODO: Complete these steps.

Google Cloud Platform

This bootstrap process is based on the following Architecture.

The steps to bootstrap Salt in GCP are as follows:

1. Manually create a project within the GCP console.

2. Manually enable Compute Engine

3. Manually Create a Service Account

   Navigate to

   • IAM & Admin
   • Service Accounts
   • Create Service Account
   • Download the .json file and store securely
   • Configure the Salt-Cloud Provider

1. Complete the steps in the Common Section below.

VMware

This bootstrap process is based on the following Architecture

The steps to bootstrap Salt in VMware are as follows:

Common

Deploy

Complete these steps which are common across all Cloud Providers.

1. Manually fill in the answer file

NOTE: Ensure that AWS is Enabled in the Answer File

vim Answer_File.yaml

1. Bootstrap the environment

salt-run state.orchestrate orch.Bootstrap pillar='{"Deploy": True}'

Destroy

To Destroy a previously bootstrapped environment:

salt-run state.orchestrate orch.Bootstrap pillar='{"Destroy": True}'