Salt Examples

This folder contains synthetic Salt state examples used to develop and test the Salt-to-Ansible convertor.

Example	Complexity	Features Demonstrated	Description
trivial	Simple	Basic package management	Single package installation using pkg.installed
medium	Moderate	Package, service, file, template	Web server setup with config file and service management
complex	Advanced	Multi-state, pillars, grains, requisites, orchestration	Full application stack with user management, multiple services, templating, and state dependencies

Example Structure

Each example follows standard Salt state tree structure:

• salt/ - Contains state files (.sls)
• pillar/ - Contains pillar data (configuration variables)
• templates/ - Contains Jinja2 templates for configuration files

Running Examples

These are synthetic examples for migration testing. To test with actual Salt:

# Test a single state
salt-call --local state.apply <state-name> --file-root=./salt --pillar-root=./pillar

# Example:
cd examples/salt-examples/medium
salt-call --local state.apply webserver --file-root=./salt --pillar-root=./pillar