# salt.tops.ext_nodes

## External Nodes Classifier

The External Nodes Classifier is a master tops subsystem used to hook into systems used to provide mapping information used by major configuration management systems. One of the most common external nodes classification system is provided by Cobbler and is called `cobbler-ext-nodes`.

The cobbler-ext-nodes command can be used with this configuration:

    master_tops:
      ext_nodes: cobbler-ext-nodes

It is noteworthy that the Salt system does not directly ingest the data sent from the `cobbler-ext-nodes` command, but converts the data into information that is used by a Salt top file.

`salt.tops.ext_nodes.` `top`(**kwargs)

  Run the command configured

Current Salt release: 0.17.1

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