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      DustinB3403
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      Okay so back to the question at hand.

      What use cases are you all using SS for?

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        scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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        @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

        What use cases are you all using SS for?

        Primarily around building and defining servers, but moving to desktops as well. Our new system is that it's for... literally everything.

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          dafyre
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          I'm using it for standing up new Apache / PHP or Nginx / PHP instances. Installing ZeroTier / joining machines to the ZT network.

          Haven't had time to mess with it much more than that.

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            AdamF @DustinB3403
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            @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

            I know these are some basic questions, but the true underlying question I have is what use cases, are you all using SaltStack for?

            I was just about to post this same question! Good to see some conversation going on this.

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              DustinB3403 @dafyre
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              @dafyre said in SaltStack Use Cases:

              I'm using it for standing up new Apache / PHP or Nginx / PHP instances. Installing ZeroTier / joining machines to the ZT network.

              Haven't had time to mess with it much more than that.

              So the only issue I see that is holding me back from using saltstack is that it seems to be more for deploying servers and systems.

              I don't often have a ton of systems to deploy at once, or on a regular basis.

              What I feel like would be useful would be PDQ Deploy / GPO - Godmode all in one solution. But every time someone explains their use of SaltStack I immediately think to my self that it is not what I need.

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                FATeknollogee @dafyre
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                @dafyre said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                Installing ZeroTier / joining machines to the ZT network.

                Any how to guides?

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                  scottalanmiller
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                  So you can use Salt (or Chef, or Ansible, or Puppet) for anything. But where it shines is in defining your systems (servers, desktops, routers, switches, etc.) It's the tool for doing everything you do for management.... installing apps, configuring apps, configuring system settings, remote access, pulling information, etc.

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                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                    @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                    So the only issue I see that is holding me back from using saltstack is that it seems to be more for deploying servers and systems.

                    That's the issue. It seems.

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                      scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                      @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                      I don't often have a ton of systems to deploy at once, or on a regular basis.

                      Yeah, that's a perception problem. I'm not saying that you should just up and install Salt and do everything that way. But I am saying that the perception that Salt is for new builds is incorrect.

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                        DustinB3403 @scottalanmiller
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                        @scottalanmiller said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                        @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                        So the only issue I see that is holding me back from using saltstack is that it seems to be more for deploying servers and systems.

                        That's the issue. It seems.

                        How does something seeming to be for a specific use case an issue? I'm asking where might I find use out of saltstack. . .

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                          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                          @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                          @scottalanmiller said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                          @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                          So the only issue I see that is holding me back from using saltstack is that it seems to be more for deploying servers and systems.

                          That's the issue. It seems.

                          How does something seeming to be for a specific use case an issue? I'm asking where might I find use out of saltstack. . .

                          Well the biggest challenge there is knowing what you do. And I mean that honestly, like... I know you and I know what you did a month ago. But you are in a new job and I actually don't know what your day to day workload looks like yet. So where Salt would make sense to you is hard for me to describe.

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                            scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                            @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                            @scottalanmiller said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                            @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                            So the only issue I see that is holding me back from using saltstack is that it seems to be more for deploying servers and systems.

                            That's the issue. It seems.

                            How does something seeming to be for a specific use case an issue?

                            By making you think that it might not apply to you because of the assumed use case.

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                              dafyre @FATeknollogee
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                              @FATeknollogee said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                              @dafyre said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                              Installing ZeroTier / joining machines to the ZT network.

                              Any how to guides?

                              Not quite. I've got to sanitize my salt files before I can share them.

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                                scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
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                                @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                What I feel like would be useful would be PDQ Deploy / GPO - Godmode all in one solution. But every time someone explains their use of SaltStack I immediately think to my self that it is not what I need.

                                So I use it for every time that I need to deploy a new module or piece of software. Someone needs something, just stick it in the salt file. I do this constantly. I'm on my laptop and I have the state files locally. They are in a directory that opens all at once in Atom (my editor of choice.) All I do is add that software item to the right state file and save... done.

                                I have it set to upload the state files to GitLab, which is free, and my Salt Master pulls updates from GitLab every fifteen minutes or so. So my laptop changes flow straight to the servers, automatically.

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                                  Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                  @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                  What I feel like would be useful would be PDQ Deploy / GPO - Godmode all in one solution. But every time someone explains their use of SaltStack I immediately think to my self that it is not what I need.

                                  So I use it for every time that I need to deploy a new module or piece of software. Someone needs something, just stick it in the salt file. I do this constantly. I'm on my laptop and I have the state files locally. They are in a directory that opens all at once in Atom (my editor of choice.) All I do is add that software item to the right state file and save... done.

                                  I have it set to upload the state files to GitLab, which is free, and my Salt Master pulls updates from GitLab every fifteen minutes or so. So my laptop changes flow straight to the servers, automatically.

                                  Very Nice Setup

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                                    scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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                                    @aaronstuder said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                    @scottalanmiller said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                    @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                    What I feel like would be useful would be PDQ Deploy / GPO - Godmode all in one solution. But every time someone explains their use of SaltStack I immediately think to my self that it is not what I need.

                                    So I use it for every time that I need to deploy a new module or piece of software. Someone needs something, just stick it in the salt file. I do this constantly. I'm on my laptop and I have the state files locally. They are in a directory that opens all at once in Atom (my editor of choice.) All I do is add that software item to the right state file and save... done.

                                    I have it set to upload the state files to GitLab, which is free, and my Salt Master pulls updates from GitLab every fifteen minutes or so. So my laptop changes flow straight to the servers, automatically.

                                    Very Nice Setup

                                    It's new, and I love it.

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                                      AdamF
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                                      So this could also be useful for copying files to many servers at once from the central master I assume. For example, all minions need to have copies of source files that are updated from a central point. This could be used to push updates to all minions at once. Correct?

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                                        Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                                        @scottalanmiller said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                        @aaronstuder said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                        @scottalanmiller said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                        @DustinB3403 said in SaltStack Use Cases:

                                        What I feel like would be useful would be PDQ Deploy / GPO - Godmode all in one solution. But every time someone explains their use of SaltStack I immediately think to my self that it is not what I need.

                                        So I use it for every time that I need to deploy a new module or piece of software. Someone needs something, just stick it in the salt file. I do this constantly. I'm on my laptop and I have the state files locally. They are in a directory that opens all at once in Atom (my editor of choice.) All I do is add that software item to the right state file and save... done.

                                        I have it set to upload the state files to GitLab, which is free, and my Salt Master pulls updates from GitLab every fifteen minutes or so. So my laptop changes flow straight to the servers, automatically.

                                        Very Nice Setup

                                        It's new, and I love it.

                                        You should share 😉

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                                          Emad R
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                                          Will be monitoring this thread like:

                                          http://cdn.bloody-disgusting.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/halloween_1978_still.jpg

                                          Also does it really work in Windows environments like it does on Linux, it seems like SaltStack and its brothers (Chef, Ansible, I forgot one) are tailored for Linux, and I dont want the master/server to be on Windows, that will be redundant I mean passing commands to Windows agents, and is their template library with commands where we can see what we can do under Windows.

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                                            Alex Sage @Emad R
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                                            @msff-amman-Itofficer said in SaltStack Use Cases:
                                            is their template library with commands where we can see what we can do under Windows.

                                            Link?

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