Preface

You hold in your hands (or in your e-reader) the first book dedicated to writing code to be used with the SaltStack framework of tools.

What this book covers

Chapter 1, Starting with the Basics, starts with a discussion of the two core principles that this book focuses on: how Salt uses Python and how the Loader system works. These form the foundation of extending Salt.

Chapter 2, Writing Execution Modules, explains that the heavy lifting in most of Salt is performed by execution modules, which are often wrapped by other modules. A solid understanding of execution modules will also be key to understanding how other module types work.

Chapter 3, Extending Salt Configuration, explains that the ability to dynamically manage configuration ...

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