Preface
I'm very excited to have been given the chance to put this book together. I've been given the rare opportunity to watch Salt grow from an idea in the brain of Tom Hatch to an award-winning open source project, and onward to the flagship product of an award-winning open source company. Salt has become an incredibly powerful framework, which I wish I'd had access to years ago.
Every day, I learn something new about Salt. This book is a collection of a number of those things, aimed at the advanced user. Don't see it as the last word on any of the topics that it covers. Instead, see it as a guide on your journey to use this tool to its fullest potential.
As you read through this book, I hope that the ideas and examples in it inspire you to update and innovate your infrastructure.
