Ansible saltcall module

saltcall Wrapper

We developped a special module to call saltcall on remote systems.

• You can use it via ansible:

  ANSIBLE_TARGETS=$(hostname) bin/ansible all \
    -m saltcall -a "function=test.ping"
  

  ANSIBLE_TARGETS=$(hostname) bin/ansible all \
    -m saltcall -a "function=grains.get args=fqdn"
  

• Or via a playbook like in our saltcall one , usable this way:

  ANSIBLE_TARGETS=$(hostname) bin/ansible-playbook \
   ansible/plays/saltcall.yml -m saltcall -a "function=test.ping"
  

It’s better to use the playbook because it call the makinastates_pillar role to copy locally on the remote box the pillar computed by the salt+pillar bridge before executing the salt command.