doevent.py

# Import the proper library
import time
import salt.utils.event
# Fire deploy action
sock_dir = '/var/run/salt/minion'
payload = {'sample-msg': 'this is a test',
           'example': 'this is the same test'}
event = salt.utils.event.SaltEvent('minion', sock_dir, id='dkf-dsscan1')
event.fire_event(payload, 'tag')

strace.txt

[pid  2738] connect(9, {sa_family=AF_FILE, path="/var/run/salt/minion/minion_event_6c95257d5ac497fc9f9b64997d6ccfe9_pull.ipc"}, 110) = 0
[pid  2738] epoll_ctl(7, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, 9, {0, {u32=36991968, u64=36991968}}) = 0
[pid  2738] getsockopt(9, SOL_SOCKET, SO_ERROR, [0], [4]) = 0
[pid  2738] epoll_ctl(7, EPOLL_CTL_DEL, 9, {0, {u32=36991968, u64=36991968}}) = 0
[pid  2738] fcntl(9, F_GETFL)           = 0x802 (flags O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)
[pid  2738] fcntl(9, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK) = 0
[pid  2738] epoll_ctl(7, EPOLL_CTL_ADD, 9, {0, {u32=29292208, u64=29292208}}) = 0
[pid  2738] epoll_ctl(7, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, 9, {EPOLLIN, {u32=29292208, u64=29292208}}) = 0
[pid  2738] epoll_ctl(7, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, 9, {EPOLLIN|EPOLLOUT, {u32=29292208, u64=29292208}}) = 0
[pid  2738] recvfrom(9, "\377\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\177", 12, 0, NULL, NULL) = 10
[pid  2738] recvfrom(9, 0x1bef4ab, 2, 0, 0, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
[pid  2738] read(6, "\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0", 8) = 8
[pid  2738] poll([{fd=6, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
[pid  2738] epoll_wait(7, {{EPOLLOUT, {u32=29292208, u64=29292208}}}, 256, 4294967295) = 1
[pid  2738] sendto(9, "\377\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\1\177\1\10", 12, 0, NULL, 0) = 12
[pid  2738] epoll_ctl(7, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, 9, {EPOLLIN, {u32=29292208, u64=29292208}}) = 0
[pid  2738] epoll_wait(7, {{EPOLLIN, {u32=29292208, u64=29292208}}}, 256, 4294967295) = 1
[pid  2738] recvfrom(9, "\1\7", 2, 0, NULL, NULL) = 2
[pid  2738] epoll_ctl(7, EPOLL_CTL_MOD, 9, {EPOLLIN|EPOLLOUT, {u32=29292208, u64=29292208}}) = 0
[pid  2738] recvfrom(9, "\0\0", 8192, 0, NULL, NULL) = 2
[pid  2738] epoll_wait(7, {{EPOLLOUT, {u32=29292208, u64=29292208}}}, 256, 4294967295) = 1
[pid  2738] sendto(9, "\0\0\0otag|||||||||||||||||\203\246_stamp"..., 115, 0, NULL, 0) = 115