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Using cron with Salt¶

The Salt Minion can initiate its own highstate using the salt-call command.

$ salt-call state.highstate

This will cause the minion to check in with the master and ensure it is in the correct 'state'.

Use cron to initiate a highstate¶

If you would like the Salt Minion to regularly check in with the master you can use the venerable cron to run the salt-call command.

# PATH=/bin:/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin

00 00 * * * salt-call state.highstate

The above cron entry will run a highstate every day at midnight.

Note

Be aware that you may need to ensure the PATH for cron includes any scripts or commands that need to be executed.