SALT-RUN(1)

NAME
salt-run - salt-run Documentation

Execute a Salt runner

SYNOPSIS

    salt-run RUNNER

DESCRIPTION

salt-run is the frontend command for executing Salt Runners. Salt runners are simple modules used to execute convenience functions on the master

OPTIONS

--version
    Print the version of Salt that is running.

--versions-report
    Show program's dependencies and version number, and then exit

-h, --help
    Show the help message and exit

-c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_dir
    The location of the Salt configuration directory. This directory contains the configuration files for Salt master and minions. The default location on most systems is /etc/salt.

-t TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT
    The timeout in seconds to wait for replies from the Salt minions. The timeout number specifies how long the command line client will wait to query the minions and check on running jobs. Default: 1

--hard-crash
    Raise any original exception rather than exiting gracefully. Default is False.

-d, --doc, --documentation
    Display documentation for runners, pass a module or a runner to see documentation on only that module/runner.

  Logging Options

Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files.

-l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL
    Console logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.

--log-file=LOG_FILE
    Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/master.

--log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE
    Logfile logging log level. One of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.

SEE ALSO

salt(1) salt-master(1) salt-minion(1)

Author
Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others, please see the Authors file

Copyright
2026