Send events through Salt's event system during state runs
salt.states.event.
send
(name, data=None, preload=None, with_env=False, with_grains=False, with_pillar=False, **kwargs)¶Send an event to the Salt Master
New in version 2014.7.0.
Accepts the same arguments as the event.send
execution module of the same name.
Example:
# ...snip bunch of states above
mycompany/mystaterun/status/update:
event.send:
- data:
status: "Half-way through the state run!"
# ...snip bunch of states below
salt.states.event.
wait
(name, sfun=None)¶Fire an event on the Salt master event bus if called from a watch statement
New in version 2014.7.0.
Example:
# Stand up a new web server.
apache:
pkg:
- installed
- name: httpd
service:
- running
- enable: True
- name: httpd
# Notify the load balancer to update the pool once Apache is running.
refresh_pool:
event:
- wait
- name: mycompany/loadbalancer/pool/update
- data:
new_web_server_ip: {{ grains['ipv4'] | first() }}
- watch:
- pkg: apache