SALT-SYNDIC(1)

💖 SALT-SYNDIC 💖

okay bestie, welcome to salt-syndic, section 1 of the Salt manual — yes, the manual is literally called Salt, and this page is about the syndic daemon. sit down, hydrate, let's go ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

salt-syndic — the documentation for salt-syndic, no cap. it's the Salt syndic daemon: a special minion that passes through commands from a higher master. that's the whole vibe. 🦋

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🌈 SYNOPSIS 🌈

salt-syndic [ options ]

literally that's it. options go in, syndic goes brrr. 💅

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✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

The Salt syndic daemon is not your regular minion — it's a special minion whose whole main character energy is passing through commands from a higher master. like a relay, like a group chat admin forwarding the message, like... okay you get it. 💜

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• --version — prints the version of Salt that's running. cute, quick, iconic.
• --versions-report — shows the program's dependencies and the version number, then dips out (exits). it's giving "here's my whole resume, bye". 📋
• -h, --help — shows the help message and exits. your bestie when you're lost.
• -c CONFIG_DIR, --config-dir=CONFIG_dir — the location of the Salt configuration directory. this directory holds the config files for the Salt master and minions. on most systems the default location is /etc/salt. 🗂️
• -u USER, --user=USER — specify the user to run salt-syndic as.
• -d, --daemon — run salt-syndic as a daemon. background mode activated, she's independent now. 😌
• --pid-file PIDFILE — specify the location of the pidfile. Default: /var/run/salt-syndic.pid

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🧚 Logging Options 🧚

these logging options override any settings defined in the configuration files. yes, they said what they said. 💅

• -l LOG_LEVEL, --log-level=LOG_LEVEL — console logging log level. one of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.
• --log-file=LOG_FILE — log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/master.
• --log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE — logfile logging log level. one of all, garbage, trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet. Default: warning.

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

salt(1) salt-master(1) salt-minion(1)

go read the whole squad, fr fr. 🫶

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others — please see the Authors file. legends, all of them. 🌟

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⭐ COPYRIGHT ⭐

2025

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Version 3007.8 — generated on September 18, 2025 at 06:58:52 UTC. mwah, take care of her 💖✨