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Create a Multi-Master Salt Environment

When running critical applications and infrastructure, we want to be sure to avoid any single point of failure — such as our Salt master. To allow for redundancy, we can configure multiple Salt masters that work with our minions, all of which run "hot" and can communicate with all minions. In this lab, we'll take an existing Salt master and replicate it.

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Path Info

Level

Beginner

Duration

15m

Published

May 21, 2021

Challenge

Copy the Master Keys
1. From the current master, copy over the existing master keys.
2. Copy over any additional configuration files.
3. On the new master, set up the configuration.
4. Restart.
Challenge

Update the Minion
1. Update the minion configuration to use both masters.
2. Restart the minion configuration.
3. Accept the minion on the new master.
Challenge

Run a Highstate Test

Run a highstate against the dev minion from the new master.

Author

A Cloud Guru

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What's a lab?

Hands-on Labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn. These environments help you gain knowledge and experience, practice without compromising your system, test without risk, destroy without fear, and let you learn from your mistakes. Hands-on Labs: practice your skills before delivering in the real world.