Troubleshooting the Salt master

In this recipe, you will learn about the various ways to identify and troubleshoot situations when the Salt master stops responding and there is a problem with the configuration of the Salt master.

How to do it...

1. Run the following command from the Salt master on a minion, and when the command does not respond terminate the command using the Ctrl + C key combination:

   [root@salt-master ~]# salt 'salt-minion' test.ping
   ^C
   Exiting gracefully on Ctrl-c
   [root@salt-master ~]#
   

2. Stop the Salt master, using the following command:

   [root@salt-master ~]# service salt-master stop
   Stopping salt-master daemon:                             [  OK  ]
   

3. Start the Salt master, using the following command:

   [root@salt-master ~]# salt-master -l debug
   [DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master
   [DEBUG   ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: salt- master
   [DEBUG   ] Configuration file path: /etc/salt/master
   [INFO    ] Setting up the Salt Master
   [DEBUG   ]...