PSSaltStackConfig

A PowerShell module for the SaltStack Config API providing function wrappers for the SaltStack API REST endpoints.

This module started out as a project to give the ability to run some common commands against SaltStack Config using PowerShell. I started by converting a few of the most common Salt Linux commands I was running day to day and continued building on top of that. If you don't see a built in command that you're looking for, I suggest checking out the documentation for the Invoke-SaltStackAPIMethod command below which can be used to call any API method directly.

This module utilizes the API for the SaltStack RAAS service. Documentation for the API can be found at the following VMWare Docs pages:

Working with the API (RaaS)

Aria Automation Config API Documentation

A big thanks to Ephos for doing the inital dirty work to set up the the initial API connection.

Prerquisites

• A licensed deployment of SaltStack Enterprise or VMware vRealize Automation SaltStack Config.
• A user with API access to SaltStack Config.

Global Connection Variable

This module utilizes a global variable called $global:SaltConnection which stores the details of the connection to the SaltStack API. Running the following command will create the $global:SaltConnection in your current session:

Connect-SaltStackConfig -SaltConfigServer <RAAS_Server> -Credential $credential

This global variable is utilized automatically by the rest of the functions without the need to pass it every time.

Usage

# Install Module
Install-Module PSSaltStackConfig

$credential = Get-Credential # User with API permissions

# Connect to SaltStack Config using the provided credential
# This command will create a Global variable called $global:SaltConnection which will be used for the rest of the functions in this module
Connect-SaltStackConfig -SaltConfigServer <RAAS_Server> -Credential $credential

Invoke-SaltTestPing -Target 'web01'

Making API Calls With Invoke-SaltStackAPIMethod

When designing this module, we had some functionality in mind that we wanted to see initially, so those were built out into the current functions.

However, at the core of this module is the function Invoke-SaltStackAPIMethod which can be used to run any of the API calls supported by the SaltStack API.

The Invoke-SaltStackAPIMethod takes a Resource, Method and Arguments (optional) as parameters.

Check out the examples under Invoke-SaltStackAPIMethod for more details.