VMware's Photon OS support

[nickgarber]

A related request is documented in the Salt/Salt project at [ref:1].

[ref:1] https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/41921

[rallytime]

@nickgarber Apologies for not commenting on this sooner. Thanks for the request. I don't think this is something that we can pick up ourselves right now, but if someone from the community wants to implement it, great! As such, I have approved this as a feature request.

[nickgarber]

Hi @rallytime, no worries!

Here are the quick notes I took while setting this up recently. It should help people to know that it's possible and not complicated to accomplish. In these notes I used Salt's develop branch, but much of these instructions could be adjusted and refactored to produce something much more straight-forward. I'll revisit and clean this up myself unless someone beats me to it.

procedure :: howto, install Salt on VMware Photon

• nb, the package managed is tdnf
• install Python and Pip
  • install python if is isnt already tdnf install python git pycrypto python-zmq
  • install Python module dependencies
  • install pip cd $(mktemp -d) && curl -O https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py && python get-pip.py
  • install python if is isnt already tdnf install python
  • clone from upstream Salt at Github git clone --depth 1 --single-branch https://github.com/saltstack/salt
  • enter the working directory and install using setup.py python setup.py install
  • this install method doesnt include a service unit, so we'll add that now

  cat > /etc/systemd/system/salt-minion.service <<EOF [Unit] Description=The Salt Minion After=network.target [Service] Type=notify NotifyAccess=all LimitNOFILE=8192 ExecStart=/bin/salt-minion [Install] WantedBy=multi-user.target EOF ```
  • nb, when relying on DNS to identify the salt master, some explicit configuration may require additional editing

  # /etc/resolv.conf
  nameserver 192.168.1.1
  nameserver 192.168.1.2
  search mydomain.tld
  

 ```
  - (opt.) if DNS is not fully adequate, you can explicitly set the IP address of the Salt Master as below
 ```
  cat > /etc/salt/minion.d/master.conf <<EOF
  master: 192.168.1.100

  EOF
  ```
  - starting the salt-minion.service for the first time will create the file and folder structure under /etc/salt
  - verify a/o set the minion_id in /etc/salt/minion_id as/is desired `echo exmpl-web-t1.mydomain > /etc/salt/minion_id`
  - start the service `systemctl enable --now salt-minion`

[padmini-st]

Hi @nickgarber, this is what I was looking for. Very helpful. Could I request to list out the steps for Photon OS for Salt-master as well.

Thanks

[nickgarber]

To run a salt-master on a container-host OS like Photon, why not run it in a container?

That said, if running a salt-master on the "host" OS is important, it's certainly possible. I haven't tried it but I believe setting up a salt-master from source would share many steps with the salt-minion setup.

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Hi @nickgarber https://github.com/nickgarber, this is what I was looking for. Very helpful. Could I request to list out the steps for Photon OS for Salt-master as well.

Thanks

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Please leave this open. Time permitting I believe I could implement this myself. The issue will let others know that an interest in the feature has already been registered and that they can contribute or inquire about status.

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[rach-sharp]

As a couple of extra notes following the process above, I also had to install python-xml before I could install pip using get-pip.py. Once I'd cloned the main branch I also had to explicitly install dependencies from requirements/base.txt as well as run setup.py.

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[nickgarber]

I'd like to motion for postponement, (for the final time), in hopes I'll be able to contribute this myself.

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[rallytime]

Sounds good @nickgarber! Thanks!

[lomeroe]

additionaly, the "photon-updates" repo (1.0) has a 2017.7.2 version of the salt packages in it...obviously a little behind, but is at least a fully tdnf managed package and seems to work as expected

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[nickgarber]

This issue is no longer in my line of sight.

If it were just me I'd close it but there does seem to be interest.

Under the circumstances may this issue be re-owned?

[nickgarber]

I'm no longer associated with this request so will close it. If you wish to re-open or otherwise preserve it please also re-own it.

Thanks!