Salt Minion Problems

Romo

@scottalanmiller said in Salt Minion Problems:

@Romo said in Salt Minion Problems:

@WrCombs you need a text editor to open the file

Not from my directions. If he just used what I provided, he didn't even need that...
echo '192.168.1.92 salt' >> /etc/hosts

Indeed no need to use a text editor directly when using that method

WrCombs

@scottalanmiller

and this is what i get

Romo

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@scottalanmiller OK i said i followed your instructions, yes. because i did the first time. thats what I put when i was doing the install, at that point, thats what i put in the box

Check your hosts file content

cat /etc/hosts

scottalanmiller

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@scottalanmiller OK i said i followed your instructions, yes. because i did the first time. thats what I put when i was doing the install, at that point, thats what i put in the box

Did you remember to update the IP address that you echo'd in with the real one, not one from a generic sample? I see the sample IP address in the hosts file, but not your IP address. When using examples, you can't use the specific addresses shown, they will always be specific to your setup.

Romo

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@scottalanmiller

and this is what i get

What this command means is, insert 192.168.1.92 into the end of the file /etc/hosts'. Every time you run it it will just append whatever you have in quotations into the file.

Also remember to first check if that ip is really the ip of the salt master.

scottalanmiller

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@scottalanmiller OK i said i followed your instructions, yes. because i did the first time. thats what I put when i was doing the install, at that point, thats what i put in the box

Are you sure you did that on the right box? I don't see any echo command in the command history.

Romo

This is really a great crash course in linux commands

scottalanmiller

@Romo said in Salt Minion Problems:

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

@scottalanmiller

and this is what i get

What this command means is, insert 192.168.1.92 into the end of the file /etc/hosts'. Every time you run it it will just append whatever you have in quotations into the file.

Also remember to first check if that ip is really the ip of the salt master.

That one is, in the source, it was not. I modified it when I put it here.

WrCombs

How do i find the IP address of the master?

I tried and ifconfig command and it didnt work.

is it supposed to my person ip?

scottalanmiller

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

How do i find the IP address of the master?

I tried and ifconfig command and it didnt work.

is it supposed to my person ip?

ifconfig is the command from the olden days (like many months ago), the current command is...

ip addr

scottalanmiller

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

is it supposed to my person ip?

The ip of your salt master.

Romo

@WrCombs on the master, run

ip addr

WrCombs

so iget it and it still tells me "permission denied"

WrCombs

GOT IT

Romo

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

so iget it and it still tells me "permission denied"

Try to post the results your commands, this way its easier for everyone to troubleshoot.

WrCombs

WrCombs

Romo

@WrCombs said in Salt Minion Problems:

Please show us your full /etc/hosts file

cat /etc/hosts

WrCombs

@Romo

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