NAME

       salt-key - salt-key Documentation

SYNOPSIS

          salt-key [ options ]

DESCRIPTION

       Salt-key executes simple management of Salt server public keys used for authentication.

       On  initial  connection, a Salt minion sends its public key to the Salt master. This key must be accepted
       using the salt-key command on the Salt master.

       Salt minion keys can be in one of the following states:

       • unaccepted: key is waiting to be accepted.

       • accepted: key was accepted and the minion can communicate with the Salt master.

       • rejected: key was rejected using the salt-key command. In this state the minion does  not  receive  any
         communication from the Salt master.

       • denied:  key  was rejected automatically by the Salt master.  This occurs when a minion has a duplicate
         ID, or when a minion was rebuilt or had new keys generated and the previous key was  not  deleted  from
         the Salt master. In this state the minion does not receive any communication from the Salt master.

       To change the state of a minion key, use -d to delete the key and then accept or reject the key.

OPTIONS

       --version
              Print the version of Salt that is running.

       --versions-report
              Show program's dependencies and version number, and then exit

       -h, --help
              Show the help message and exit

       -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 /etc/salt.

       -u USER, --user=USER
              Specify user to run salt-key

       --hard-crash
              Raise any original exception rather than exiting gracefully. Default is False.

       -q, --quiet
              Suppress output

       -y, --yes
              Answer 'Yes' to all questions presented, defaults to False

       --rotate-aes-key=ROTATE_AES_KEY
              Setting this to False prevents the master from refreshing the key session when keys are deleted or
              rejected, this lowers the security of the key deletion/rejection operation. Default is True.

   Logging Options
       Logging options which override any settings defined on the configuration files.

       --log-file=LOG_FILE
              Log file path. Default: /var/log/salt/minion.

       --log-file-level=LOG_LEVEL_LOGFILE
              Logfile  logging  log  level.  One  of  all,  garbage,  trace, debug, info, warning, error, quiet.
              Default: warning.

   Output Options
       --out  Pass in an alternative outputter to display the return of data. This outputter can be any  of  the
              available outputters:
                 highstate, json, key, overstatestage, pprint, raw, txt, yaml, and many others.

              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  pprint
              outputter and display the return data using the Python pprint standard library module.

       --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.

       --out-file=OUTPUT_FILE, --output-file=OUTPUT_FILE
              Write the output to the specified file.

       --out-file-append, --output-file-append
              Append the output to the specified file.

       --no-color
              Disable all colored output

       --force-color
              Force colored output

              NOTE:
                 When using colored output the color codes are as follows:

                 green denotes success, red denotes failure, blue denotes changes and success and yellow denotes
                 a expected future change in configuration.

       --state-output=STATE_OUTPUT, --state_output=STATE_OUTPUT
              Override  the  configured  state_output  value for minion output. One of 'full', 'terse', 'mixed',
              'changes' or 'filter'. Default: 'none'.

       --state-verbose=STATE_VERBOSE, --state_verbose=STATE_VERBOSE
              Override the configured state_verbose value for minion output. Set  to  True  or  False.  Default:
              none.

   Actions
       -l ARG, --list=ARG
              List  the public keys. The args pre, un, and unaccepted will list unaccepted/unsigned keys. acc or
              accepted will list accepted/signed keys. rej or rejected will list rejected  keys.   Finally,  all
              will list all keys.

       -L, --list-all
              List all public keys. (Deprecated: use --list all)

       -a ACCEPT, --accept=ACCEPT
              Accept  the  specified public key (use --include-all to match rejected keys in addition to pending
              keys). Globs are supported.

       -A, --accept-all
              Accepts all pending keys.

       -r REJECT, --reject=REJECT
              Reject the specified public key (use --include-all to match accepted keys in addition  to  pending
              keys). Globs are supported.

       -R, --reject-all
              Rejects all pending keys.

       --include-all
              Include non-pending keys when accepting/rejecting.

       -p PRINT, --print=PRINT
              Print the specified public key.

       -P, --print-all
              Print all public keys

       -d DELETE, --delete=DELETE
              Delete the specified key. Globs are supported.

       -D, --delete-all
              Delete all keys.

       -f FINGER, --finger=FINGER
              Print the specified key's fingerprint.

       -F, --finger-all
              Print all keys' fingerprints.

   Key Generation Options
       --gen-keys=GEN_KEYS
              Set a name to generate a keypair for use with salt

       --gen-keys-dir=GEN_KEYS_DIR
              Set  the  directory to save the generated keypair.  Only works with 'gen_keys_dir' option; default
              is the current directory.

       --keysize=KEYSIZE
              Set the keysize for the generated key, only works with the '--gen-keys' option, the key size  must
              be 2048 or higher, otherwise it will be rounded up to 2048. The default is 2048.

       --gen-signature
              Create  a  signature  file of the master's public-key named master_pubkey_signature. The signature
              can be sent to a minion in the master's auth-reply and enables the minion to verify  the  master's
              public-key  cryptographically. This requires a new signing-key-pair which can be auto-created with
              the --auto-create parameter.

       --priv=PRIV
              The private-key file to create a signature with

       --signature-path=SIGNATURE_PATH
              The path where the signature file should be written

       --pub=PUB
              The public-key file to create a signature for

       --auto-create
              Auto-create a signing key-pair if it does not yet exist

SEE ALSO

       salt(7) salt-master(1) salt-minion(1)

AUTHOR

       Thomas S. Hatch <thatch45@gmail.com> and many others, please see the Authors file