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.TH "SALT-CLOUD" "1" "Generated on June 24, 2026 at 08:44:18 UTC." "3006.26" "Salt"
.SH NAME
salt-cloud \- Salt Cloud Command
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Provision virtual machines in the cloud with Salt
.SH SYNOPSIS
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salt\-cloud \-m /etc/salt/cloud.map

salt\-cloud \-m /etc/salt/cloud.map NAME

salt\-cloud \-m /etc/salt/cloud.map NAME1 NAME2

salt\-cloud \-p PROFILE NAME

salt\-cloud \-p PROFILE NAME1 NAME2 NAME3 NAME4 NAME5 NAME6
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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Salt Cloud is the system used to provision virtual machines on various public
clouds via a cleanly controlled profile and mapping system.
.SH OPTIONS
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.B \-\-version
Print the version of Salt that is running.
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.B \-\-versions\-report
Show program\(aqs dependencies and version number, and then exit
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.B \-h, \-\-help
Show the help message and exit
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.B \-c CONFIG_DIR, \-\-config\-dir=CONFIG_dir
The location of the Salt configuration directory. This directory contains
the configuration files for Salt master and minions. The default location
on most systems is \fB/etc/salt\fP\&.
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.SS Execution Options
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.B \-L LOCATION, \-\-location=LOCATION
Specify which region to connect to.
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.B \-a ACTION, \-\-action=ACTION
Perform an action that may be specific to this cloud provider. This
argument requires one or more instance names to be specified.
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.B \-f <FUNC\-NAME> <PROVIDER>, \-\-function=<FUNC\-NAME> <PROVIDER>
Perform an function that may be specific to this cloud provider, that does
not apply to an instance. This argument requires a provider to be specified
(i.e.: nova).
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.B \-p PROFILE, \-\-profile=PROFILE
Select a single profile to build the named cloud VMs from. The profile must
be defined in the specified profiles file.
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.B \-m MAP, \-\-map=MAP
Specify a map file to use. If used without any other options, this option
will ensure that all of the mapped VMs are created. If the named VM already
exists then it will be skipped.
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.B \-H, \-\-hard
When specifying a map file, the default behavior is to ensure that all of
the VMs specified in the map file are created. If the \-\-hard option is
set, then any VMs that exist on configured cloud providers that are
not specified in the map file will be destroyed. Be advised that this can
be a destructive operation and should be used with care.
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.B \-d, \-\-destroy
Pass in the name(s) of VMs to destroy, salt\-cloud will search the
configured cloud providers for the specified names and destroy the
VMs. Be advised that this is a destructive operation and should be used
with care. Can be used in conjunction with the \-m option to specify a map
of VMs to be deleted.
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.B \-P, \-\-parallel
Normally when building many cloud VMs they are executed serially. The \-P
option will run each cloud vm build in a separate process allowing for
large groups of VMs to be build at once.
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Be advised that some cloud provider\(aqs systems don\(aqt seem to be well suited
for this influx of vm creation. When creating large groups of VMs watch the
cloud provider carefully.
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.B \-u, \-\-update\-bootstrap
Update salt\-bootstrap to the latest stable bootstrap release.
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.B \-y, \-\-assume\-yes
Default yes in answer to all confirmation questions.
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.B \-k, \-\-keep\-tmp
Do not remove files from /tmp/ after deploy.sh finishes.
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.B \-\-show\-deploy\-args
Include the options used to deploy the minion in the data returned.
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.B \-\-script\-args=SCRIPT_ARGS
Script arguments to be fed to the bootstrap script when deploying the VM.
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.SS Query Options
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.B \-Q, \-\-query
Execute a query and return some information about the nodes running on
configured cloud providers
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.B \-F, \-\-full\-query
Execute a query and print out all available information about all cloud VMs.
Can be used in conjunction with \-m to display only information about the
specified map.
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.B \-S, \-\-select\-query
Execute a query and print out selected information about all cloud VMs.
Can be used in conjunction with \-m to display only information about the
specified map.
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.B \-\-list\-providers
Display a list of configured providers.
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.B \-\-list\-profiles
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Display a list of configured profiles. Pass in a cloud provider to view
the provider\(aqs associated profiles, such as \fBdigitalocean\fP, or pass in
\fBall\fP to list all the configured profiles.
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.SS Cloud Providers Listings
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.B \-\-list\-locations=LIST_LOCATIONS
Display a list of locations available in configured cloud providers. Pass
the cloud provider that available locations are desired on, such as \(dqlinode\(dq,
or pass \(dqall\(dq to list locations for all configured cloud providers
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.B \-\-list\-images=LIST_IMAGES
Display a list of images available in configured cloud providers. Pass the
cloud provider that available images are desired on, such as \(dqlinode\(dq, or pass
\(dqall\(dq to list images for all configured cloud providers
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.B \-\-list\-sizes=LIST_SIZES
Display a list of sizes available in configured cloud providers. Pass the
cloud provider that available sizes are desired on, such as \(dqAWS\(dq, or pass
\(dqall\(dq to list sizes for all configured cloud providers
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.SS Cloud Credentials
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.B \-\-set\-password=<USERNAME> <PROVIDER>
Configure password for a cloud provider and save it to the keyring.
PROVIDER can be specified with or without a driver, for example:
\(dq\-\-set\-password bob rackspace\(dq or more specific \(dq\-\-set\-password bob
rackspace:openstack\(dq DEPRECATED!
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.SS Output Options
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.B \-\-out
Pass in an alternative outputter to display the return of data. This
outputter can be any of the available outputters:
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\fBhighstate\fP, \fBjson\fP, \fBkey\fP, \fBoverstatestage\fP, \fBpprint\fP, \fBraw\fP, \fBtxt\fP, \fByaml\fP, and many others \%<#\:all-salt-output>\&.
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Some outputters are formatted only for data returned from specific functions.
If an outputter is used that does not support the data passed into it, then
Salt will fall back on the \fBpprint\fP outputter and display the return data
using the Python \fBpprint\fP standard library module.
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.B \-\-out\-indent OUTPUT_INDENT, \-\-output\-indent OUTPUT_INDENT
Print the output indented by the provided value in spaces. Negative values
disable indentation. Only applicable in outputters that support
indentation.
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.B \-\-out\-file=OUTPUT_FILE, \-\-output\-file=OUTPUT_FILE
Write the output to the specified file.
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.B \-\-out\-file\-append, \-\-output\-file\-append
Append the output to the specified file.
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.B \-\-no\-color
Disable all colored output
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.B \-\-force\-color
Force colored output
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\fBNote:\fP
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When using colored output the color codes are as follows:
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\fBgreen\fP denotes success, \fBred\fP denotes failure, \fBblue\fP denotes
changes and success and \fByellow\fP denotes a expected future change in configuration.
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.B \-\-state\-output=STATE_OUTPUT, \-\-state_output=STATE_OUTPUT
Override the configured state_output value for minion
output. One of \(aqfull\(aq, \(aqterse\(aq, \(aqmixed\(aq, \(aqchanges\(aq or
\(aqfilter\(aq. Default: \(aqnone\(aq.
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.B \-\-state\-verbose=STATE_VERBOSE, \-\-state_verbose=STATE_VERBOSE
Override the configured state_verbose value for minion
output. Set to True or False. Default: none.
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.SH EXAMPLES
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To create 4 VMs named web1, web2, db1, and db2 from specified profiles:
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salt\-cloud \-p fedora_rackspace web1 web2 db1 db2
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To read in a map file and create all VMs specified therein:
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salt\-cloud \-m /path/to/cloud.map
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To read in a map file and create all VMs specified therein in parallel:
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salt\-cloud \-m /path/to/cloud.map \-P
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To delete any VMs specified in the map file:
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salt\-cloud \-m /path/to/cloud.map \-d
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To delete any VMs NOT specified in the map file:
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salt\-cloud \-m /path/to/cloud.map \-H
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To display the status of all VMs specified in the map file:
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salt\-cloud \-m /path/to/cloud.map \-Q
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.SH SEE ALSO
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\fBsalt\-cloud(7)\fP
\fBsalt(7)\fP
\fBsalt\-master(1)\fP
\fBsalt\-minion(1)\fP
.SH Author
Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others, please see the Authors file
.SH Copyright
2026
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