Learning the basics of the event system

In this recipe, we will learn the basics of what the event system is and how to see the events in action and identify its various components.

How to do it...

Run the following command on the Salt master:

[root@salt-master ~]# salt-run state.event pretty=True
salt/auth       {
    "_stamp": "2015-02-23T04:13:55.299418",
    "act": "accept",
    "id": "salt-minion-1",
    "pub": "-----BEGIN PUBLIC KEY----- \nMIICIjANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOCAg8AMIICCgKCAgEApGyOzGPpQpOAXL6rnMl3\n5 Pk0q9bmBfB7Oci8b1Z4I920pcNmh+A9bWoJWqr6c80tXjZ2VbShzRqybQ0mRfdm\neEm1 juhF9vfRgfvN+GNQmw/8aNHEf6BAmggy7zxfiLpSzar8soaMEr9AVkqH7Q9e\nT4hgQ0W boS1LbH7+O6iUFn66zkK49kapzEkVRH47QO1L0b/H9zgDFsoFKgc1Hbp7\nPZlpYU5NpQ vSTQV0AFRVbazdw9apMrNwjVi69FZrFRzMqruKCnIvzlzcjFYTwwaH\..........==\n -----END PUBLIC KEY-----\n",
    "result": true
}
minion_ping     {
    "_stamp": "2015-02-23T04:13:55.419117",
    "cmd": "_minion_event",
    "data": "ping",
    "id": "salt-minion-1",
    "pretag": null...