Talking to salt

            from salt.client import LocalClient
            client = LocalClient()
            o = client.cmd(t, 'cmd.run_all', kwarg={
                'cmd': 'curl *options and url redacted*',
                'cwd': dirname
            })
            print "Ret: %(retcode)d\n\nstdout:\n%(stdout)s\n\nstderr:\n%(stderr)s\n" % o[t]
            print o[t], "\n"
            if o[t]['retcode'] != 0:
                client.cmd(t, 'file.remove', arg=(dirname,), timeout=5)
            else:
                o = client.cmd(t, 'cmd.run_all', kwarg={ 'cmd': sed_monster, 'cwd': dirname})
                if o[t]['retcode'] != 0:
                    client.cmd(t, 'file.remove', arg=(dirname,), timeout=5)
                else:
                    print client.cmd(t, 'cmd.run_all', kwarg={
                        'cmd': 'mv %s %s' % (dirname, realdirname)},
                        timeout=5)

#---

    from salt.client import LocalClient
    from salt.key import Key
    client = LocalClient()
    keys = Key(client.opts)
    grains = client.cmd("*", "grains.items", timeout=1)
    army = []
    for node in keys.all_keys()['minions']: