salt.returners.mongo_return¶

Return data to a mongodb server

Required python modules: pymongo

This returner will send data from the minions to a MongoDB server. To configure the settings for your MongoDB server, add the following lines to the minion config files:

  mongo.db: <database name>
  mongo.host: <server ip address>
  mongo.user: <MongoDB username>
  mongo.password: <MongoDB user password>
  mongo.port: 27017

To use the mongo returner, append '--return mongo' to the salt command. ex:

  salt '*' test.ping --return mongo

salt.returners.mongo_return.get_fun(fun)¶

Return the most recent jobs that have executed the named function

salt.returners.mongo_return.get_jid(jid)¶

Return the return information associated with a jid

salt.returners.mongo_return.prep_jid(nocache, passed_jid=None)¶

Do any work necessary to prepare a JID, including sending a custom id

salt.returners.mongo_return.returner(ret)¶

Return data to a mongodb server