Docker Salt-Minion

A Docker Image for a Salt Minion. This image allows you to run a Salt Minion enabled server within a Docker container. This is designed for testing purposes of Salt States contained within a Salt Master server.

Running the container

Simply run this docker command:

docker run --rm -it soon/salt-minion

Linking to a Salt Master server

You can link to a running Salt Master container by running the following docker command:

docker run -d soon/salt-master
docker run --rm -it --link salt-master:salt soon/salt-minion

Environment Variables

The following environment variables can be set:

• LOG_LEVEL: The level to log at, defaults to error

For example:

docker run --rm -it -e LOG_LEVEL=debug soon/salt-minion

Custom Minion Configuration

The image shares the /etc/salt/minion.d directory where you can place your own minion configuration. See the Salt Stack documentation for more on configuring a Salt Minion.