Multi-Node Salt Minions & Master

master.sh

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive

# Setup Master
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade -y && sudo apt-get install -y vim git curl wget
curl -L http://bootstrap.saltstack.org | sudo sh -s -- -M
sudo sed -i 's/#auto_accept: False/auto_accept: True/g' /etc/salt/master
sudo service salt-master restart

minion.conf

master: 172.17.0.200
file_client: remote

Vagrantfile

# -*- mode: ruby -*-
# vi: set ft=ruby :

# If container_sync
# enable swift2
# configure swift and swift2 with container_sync configs (execute extra script at end)

# If dvr
# enable compute2
# configure compute and compute2 for dvr

# Uncomment the next line to force use of VirtualBox provider when Fusion provider is present
# ENV['VAGRANT_DEFAULT_PROVIDER'] = 'virtualbox'

nodes = {
    'master'  => [1, 200],
    'minion'  => [1, 201],
}

Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
    
  # Virtualbox
  config.vm.box = "hashicorp/precise64"
  config.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"

  # VMware Fusion / Workstation
  config.vm.provider :vmware_fusion or config.vm.provider :vmware_workstation do |vmware, override|
    override.vm.box = "hashicorp/precise64"
    override.vm.synced_folder ".", "/vagrant", type: "nfs"

    # Fusion Performance Hacks
    vmware.vmx["logging"] = "FALSE"
    vmware.vmx["MemTrimRate"] = "0"
    vmware.vmx["MemAllowAutoScaleDown"] = "FALSE"
    vmware.vmx["mainMem.backing"] = "swap"
    vmware.vmx["sched.mem.pshare.enable"] = "FALSE"
    vmware.vmx["snapshot.disabled"] = "TRUE"
    vmware.vmx["isolation.tools.unity.disable"] = "TRUE"
    vmware.vmx["unity.allowCompostingInGuest"] = "FALSE"
    vmware.vmx["unity.enableLaunchMenu"] = "FALSE"
    vmware.vmx["unity.showBadges"] = "FALSE"
    vmware.vmx["unity.showBorders"] = "FALSE"
    vmware.vmx["unity.wasCapable"] = "FALSE"
    vmware.vmx["vhv.enable"] = "TRUE"
  end

  #Default is 2200..something, but port 2200 is used by forescout NAC agent.
  config.vm.usable_port_range= 2800..2900 

  if Vagrant.has_plugin?("vagrant-cachier")
    config.cache.scope = :box
    config.cache.enable :apt
    config.cache.synced_folder_opts = {
      type: :nfs,
      mount_options: ['rw', 'vers=3', 'tcp', 'nolock']
    }
  else
    puts "[-] WARN: This would be much faster if you ran vagrant plugin install vagrant-cachier first"
  end

  nodes.each do |prefix, (count, ip_start)|
    count.times do |i|
      hostname = "%s-%02d" % [prefix, (i+1)]

      config.vm.define "#{hostname}" do |box|
        box.vm.hostname = "#{hostname}.cook.book"
        box.vm.network :private_network, ip: "172.17.0.#{ip_start+i}", :netmask => "255.255.0.0"

        if prefix == "master"
          box.vm.provision :shell, :path => "#{prefix}.sh"
        else
          box.vm.provision :salt do |salt|
            salt.run_highstate = true
            salt.minion_config = "./minion.conf"
            #salt.minion_key = "./minion.pem"
            #salt.minion_pub = "./minion.pub"
          end
        end

        # If using Fusion or Workstation
        box.vm.provider :vmware_fusion or box.vm.provider :vmware_workstation do |v|
          v.vmx["memsize"] = 1024
        end

        # Otherwise using VirtualBox
        box.vm.provider :virtualbox do |vbox|
          # Defaults
          vbox.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--memory", 1024]
          vbox.customize ["modifyvm", :id, "--cpus", 1]
        end
      end
    end
  end
end