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Wrapped up coding a #saltstack state to deploy a #gitlab runner. After doing a #forgejo one earlier this week.

Looking forward to deploying it next week.

Restored my raspberrypi4 in the lunch break. Not sure what happened , but the nic on the dev board was not responding anymore. Luckily I have a spare board at home my #saltstack server is back #raspberrypi

RE: https://mastodon.world/@jobsfordevelopers/116670985075507849

#saltstack #debian environment. Let me know if you have questions or want to apply directly. Happy to help.

:saltstack: :docker: New Salt Release 3008.0 is out! 🎉

Easily test and manage your Salt setups in a clean Docker container:

docker pull ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:latest

🔧 Includes Salt API, production-ready config & more.
📚 Docs & usage examples.
💬 Feedback and PRs are welcome!

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

Built for the community. Maintained with ❤️ by @cdalvaro

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #Automation #IoT #kubernetes

I describe myself as a #saltStack fanboi. But existence of this file https://github.com/saltstack/salt/blob/master/agents/docs/git-and-ci.md and especially the first point there, sounds like it's time to do that in past tense. Shame, it was an interesting project, with capabilities hardly anything else has.

#saltProject #salt #sysadmin #automation #NoAI

:saltstack: :docker: I’ve just pushed a preview build of docker-salt-master for Salt 3008.0rc4 🎉

If anyone wants to give it a try before the final release, the image is here:

ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:3008rc4

If you test it, I’d really love to hear how it goes — especially if you spot regressions or compatibility issues. Thanks a lot 🙌

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #OpenSource #IoT

:saltstack: :docker: Acabo de publicar una versión preliminar de docker-salt-master para Salt 3008.0rc4 🎉

Si alguien quiere probarla antes de la versión final, la imagen es esta:

ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:3008rc4

Si la pruebas, me encantaría que me cuentes qué tal va — especialmente si encuentras regresiones o problemas de compatibilidad. Muchas gracias 🙌

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #OpenSource #IoT

:saltstack: :docker: Acabo de publicar una versión preliminar de docker-salt-master para Salt 3008.0rc2 🎉

Si alguien quiere probarla antes de la versión final, la imagen es esta:

ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:3008rc2

Si la pruebas, me encantaría que me cuentes qué tal va — especialmente si encuentras regresiones o problemas de compatibilidad. Muchas gracias 🙌

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #OpenSource #IoT

:saltstack: :docker: I’ve just pushed a preview build of docker-salt-master for Salt 3008.0rc2 🎉

If anyone wants to give it a try before the final release, the image is here:

ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:3008rc2

If you test it, I’d really love to hear how it goes — especially if you spot regressions or compatibility issues. Thanks a lot 🙌

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #OpenSource #IoT

:saltstack: :docker: New Salt Release 3007.14 is out! 🎉

Easily test and manage your Salt setups in a clean Docker container:

docker pull ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:latest

🔧 Includes Salt API, production-ready config & more.
📚 Docs & usage examples.
💬 Feedback and PRs are welcome!

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

Built for the community. Maintained with ❤️ by @cdalvaro

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #Automation #IoT #kubernetes

Spaß mit #saltstack: Broadcom hat eine rc1-Version ins stable-Repository deployed, bei der auf 1/3 aller Server die States nicht mehr korrekt gelesen wurden und die mein Monitoring leuchten lassen hat wie die USS Enterprise bei einem Borgangriff 😡

Irgendwie tippe ich auf einen "Agentic AI"-Failure.

#saltstack #sysadmin #broadcom

:saltstack: :docker: Acabo de publicar una versión preliminar de docker-salt-master para Salt 3008.0rc1 🎉

Si alguien quiere probarla antes de la versión final, la imagen es esta:

ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:3008rc1

Si la pruebas, me encantaría que me cuentes qué tal va — especialmente si encuentras regresiones o problemas de compatibilidad. Muchas gracias 🙌

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #OpenSource #IoT

:saltstack: :docker: I’ve just pushed a preview build of docker-salt-master for Salt 3008.0rc1 🎉

If anyone wants to give it a try before the final release, the image is here:

ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:3008rc1

If you test it, I’d really love to hear how it goes — especially if you spot regressions or compatibility issues. Thanks a lot 🙌

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #OpenSource #IoT

@vivekanandanks thanks for the interesting post. I want to suggest that the #configmanagememt analogy part (where #ansible sits, and so do several other widely used tools like #saltstack, #puppet, #chef, #cfengine) can be improved. The central premise of configuration management is that current state is dynamic, a moving target. Constantly pruning a growing tree might be a better analogy.

Ein neuer Monat, ein neuer #Uyuni-Artikel im #Linux-Magazin 🚀

Diesmal geht es darum, Systeme mit #SaltStack zentral zu konfigurieren. Neben States werden auch gängige CLI-Aufrufe und die Uyuni-spezifisches High States thematisiert.

👉🏻 https://www.linux-magazin.de/ausgaben/2026/05/patch-me-if-you-can/

👀 @redaktion

@lkanies @atpfm @siracusa @marcoarment I thought about why Marco and others might consider and then decide #configmanagememt is not needed… here’s where I think it shines normally, whether you use #cfengine or #puppet or #chef or #saltstack or others:

- scale / machine count / OS flavors (count of at least 150 in my experience to justify the investment, while all <100 minis are on the same OS)

- expressing diversity through machine roles and profiles (all of Marco’s machines are managed the same way)

- autonomous drift repair (probably the strongest need, but Marco seems happy doing it himself)

- DSL and wrappers/macros to express intent in an abstract way (but that requires a large investment in learning that DSL)

- dedicated infrastructure for extended functionality like monitoring outcomes and triggering actions (seems not strongly needed for those minis)

I've packaged prusa_exporter and deployed everything (prusa_exporter, prometheus, loki, grafana) on my home server with SaltStack now.

I'm loving it!

#prusa3d #3dprinting #grafana #prometheus #loki #saltstack

Comprehensive comparison of Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and SaltStack for configuration management. Explore architecture, performance, features, and ideal use cases to choose the right tool for your infrastructure automation needs.

#Ansible #Puppet #Chef #SaltStack #Configuration Management

https://dasroot.net/posts/2026/02/ansible-vs-puppet-vs-chef-vs-saltstack-configuration-management/

:saltstack: :docker: New Salt Releases: 3007.12 and 3006.20 are out! 🎉

Easily test and manage your Salt setups in a clean Docker container:

docker pull ghcr.io/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master:latest

🔧 Includes Salt API, production-ready config & more.
📚 Docs & usage examples.
💬 Feedback and PRs are welcome!

https://github.com/cdalvaro/docker-salt-master

Built for the community. Maintained with ❤️ by @cdalvaro

#SaltProject #SaltStack #DevOps #Docker #Containers #SaltAPI #Automation #IoT #Puppet

New blog post: How I came to know John Cage in the mountains of Western NC and regularly stumble on ways his thinking has helped me navigate complexity.

https://www.sounding.com/2026/01/20/scale-is-step-by-step/

#JohnCage #BlackMountain #Complexity #Riak #SaltStack #DistributedDatabases #DistributedSystems #ComplexSystems #SystemsThinking

Today I figured out why my #saltstack pkg.installed states on #freebsd sometimes failed. Just used it in a wrong way 😇 , but still no clue why it worked sometimes and sometimes not , but now I have working version where I can set the version of the package which was not implemented and only worked accidentally. Task for tomorrow creating pull request.

Finally nailed down a #Saltstack state for installing #bookstack. The automated Ubuntu script just wasn't working well for me.

Looking forward to introducing the app at $DAYJOB.

Roughly 8 years 8 month 8,888 days we started to develop #SaltStack nowadays only #Salt or #SaltProject
What a time, thanks to everyone who contributed!
#FFFFM #Freifunk #Frankfurt #AS64475

I was never satisfied with the variable loading of states in #saltstack . Maybe if you work everyday you will get it, but I don't write a lot of states and only a few times I need a states which had to be written for linux and freebsd, but than I did know what will overwrite what. Today I got introduced to the !py renderer .... mindblow #pyhton #iac #devops

@mawhrin I think #saltstack is a good choice, the community is pretty decent both in size and in attitude. I feel they will endure through the Broadcom ownership. Currently that’s the best option IMO.

#cfengine is around if you’re looking for speed but the community is small. #mgmtconfig is very new, just had a first release, fun for hackers, and there’s no large company in charge, and of course @purpleidea is awesome.

#ansible is a workhorse, reliable, large community. Puppet and Chef I would not recommend nowadays.

chat, is saltstack still viable or is it dead, expired, ceased to be, bereft of life and killed by broadcom?

and if not saltstack, then what?

(i know puppet, chef and ansible well, and am looking for a recommendation about a configuration management tooling of near-production quality that preferably isn't one of the three above)

#SaltStack #Puppet #Chef #Ansible #ConfigurationManagement #CMS