Summary
Getting Started with Salt
Tuesday 2:45 p.m.--3:30 p.m.
Audience level: Intermediate
Description
Salt is the new kid on the block in the configuration management space. Unlike the Ruby-based Chef and Puppet, Salt is written in Python, making it easy to debug and extend for Django developers. This talk will introduce Salt as well as explore some of the things that make it unique. Abstract Current landscape and Definitions Configuration Management Remote Execution Framework Why Salt is different language architecture approach Intro to Salt concepts master/minion, grains, pillars, states, modules Beyond Configuration Management (What else Salt can do)