minion-fail.log

root@host1:~# apt-get install salt-minion
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
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The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  dnsmasq-base debootstrap linux-headers-3.2.0-29 linux-headers-3.2.0-51
  linux-headers-3.2.0-54 linux-headers-3.2.0-29-generic libcap2-bin python-paramiko
  libnetfilter-conntrack3 lxc libpam-cap python-boto libapparmor1 openjdk-7-jre-lib
  linux-headers-3.2.0-51-generic cloud-utils euca2ools bridge-utils
  linux-headers-3.2.0-54-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following extra packages will be installed:
  python-zmq salt-common
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  python-zmq salt-common salt-minion
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Setting up salt-minion (2014.1.0-1precise1) ...
salt-minion start/running, process 3618
root@host1:~# ls
npm-debug.log  tmp
root@host1:~# cd /var/log/salt/
root@host1:/var/log/salt# tail minion
    self.minion = salt.minion.Minion(self.config)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/minion.py", line 528, in __init__
    self.authenticate(timeout, safe)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/minion.py", line 1029, in authenticate
    creds = auth.sign_in(timeout, safe)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/crypt.py", line 351, in sign_in
    self.opts['master_uri'],
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/payload.py", line 159, in __init__
    self.context = zmq.Context()
NameError: global name 'zmq' is not defined
root@host1:/var/log/salt# service salt-minion stop
stop: Unknown instance:
root@host1:/var/log/salt# salt-minion --log-level=debug
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion
[INFO    ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: host1.example.com
[DEBUG   ] Failed to import log_handlers logstash_mod, this is most likely NOT a problem:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/loader.py", line 700, in gen_functions
    ), fn_, path, desc
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/log/handlers/logstash_mod.py", line 114, in <module>
    import zmq
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/zmq/__init__.py", line 70, in <module>
    from zmq.backend import *
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/zmq/backend/__init__.py", line 29, in <module>
    _ns = select_backend('zmq.backend.cffi')
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/zmq/backend/select.py", line 31, in select_backend
    mod = __import__(name, fromlist=public_api)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/zmq/backend/cffi/__init__.py", line 12, in <module>
    from zmq.backend.cffi import (constants, error, message, context, socket,
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/zmq/backend/cffi/constants.py", line 4, in <module>
    from ._cffi import C, c_constant_names
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/zmq/backend/cffi/_cffi.py", line 20, in <module>
    from cffi import FFI
ImportError: No module named cffi
[DEBUG   ] Configuration file path: /etc/salt/minion
[INFO    ] Setting up the Salt Minion "host1.example.com"
[DEBUG   ] Created pidfile: /var/run/salt-minion.pid
[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/minion
[DEBUG   ] Attempting to authenticate with the Salt Master at 10.10.10.10
[DEBUG   ] Loaded minion key: /etc/salt/pki/minion/minion.pem
[ERROR   ] An un-handled exception was caught by salt's global exception handler:
NameError: global name 'zmq' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/salt-minion", line 14, in <module>
    salt_minion()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/scripts.py", line 35, in salt_minion
    minion.start()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/__init__.py", line 221, in start
    self.prepare()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/__init__.py", line 209, in prepare
    self.minion = salt.minion.Minion(self.config)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/minion.py", line 528, in __init__
    self.authenticate(timeout, safe)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/minion.py", line 1029, in authenticate
    creds = auth.sign_in(timeout, safe)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/crypt.py", line 351, in sign_in
    self.opts['master_uri'],
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/payload.py", line 159, in __init__
    self.context = zmq.Context()
NameError: global name 'zmq' is not defined
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/bin/salt-minion", line 14, in <module>
    salt_minion()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/scripts.py", line 35, in salt_minion
    minion.start()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/__init__.py", line 221, in start
    self.prepare()
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/__init__.py", line 209, in prepare
    self.minion = salt.minion.Minion(self.config)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/minion.py", line 528, in __init__
    self.authenticate(timeout, safe)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/minion.py", line 1029, in authenticate
    creds = auth.sign_in(timeout, safe)
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/crypt.py", line 351, in sign_in
    self.opts['master_uri'],
  File "/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/salt/payload.py", line 159, in __init__
    self.context = zmq.Context()
NameError: global name 'zmq' is not defined
Exception AttributeError: "'SREQ' object has no attribute 'poller'" in <bound method SREQ.__del__ of <salt.payload.SREQ object at 0x255d210>> ignored
root@host1:/var/log/salt# which python
/usr/bin/python
root@host1:/var/log/salt# python -V
Python 2.7.3
root@host1:/var/log/salt# dpkg -l | grep zmq
ii  libzmq3                               4.0.4-1chl1~precise1                lightweight messaging kernel (shared library)
ii  libzmq3-dev                           4.0.4-1chl1~precise1                lightweight messaging kernel (development files)
ii  python-zmq                            14.1.1-1chl1~precise1               Python bindings for 0MQ library

As requested:

root@host1:/var/log/salt# salt-call --versions
           Salt: 2014.1.0
         Python: 2.7.3 (default, Feb 27 2014, 19:58:35)
         Jinja2: 2.6
       M2Crypto: 0.21.1
 msgpack-python: 0.1.10
   msgpack-pure: Not Installed
       pycrypto: 2.4.1
         PyYAML: 3.10
          PyZMQ: Not Installed
            ZMQ: Not Installed