From 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: V3n3RiX Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 18:53:29 +0100 Subject: reinit the tree, so we can have metadata --- app-admin/salt/metadata.xml | 44 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 44 insertions(+) create mode 100644 app-admin/salt/metadata.xml (limited to 'app-admin/salt/metadata.xml') diff --git a/app-admin/salt/metadata.xml b/app-admin/salt/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..00b55f2c20e0 --- /dev/null +++ b/app-admin/salt/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ + + + + + chutzpah@gentoo.org + Patrick McLean + + +Salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer +servers in a fast and efficient way. + +Salt allows commands to be executed across large groups of servers. This means +systems can be easily managed, but data can also be easily gathered. Quick +introspection into running systems becomes a reality. + +Remote execution is usually used to set up a certain state on a remote system. +Salt addresses this problem as well, the salt state system uses salt state +files to define the state a server needs to be in. + +Between the remote execution system, and state management Salt addresses the +backbone of cloud and data center management. + + + Enable support for using cherrypy. + Enable salt-cloud support via libcloud. + Support managing virtual machines with app-emulation/libvirt. + Enable support for gnupg via python-gnupg. + Enable support for keyrings via python-keyring. + Add support for using the mako template engine for parsing salt states. + Support returning data to a mongodb server. + Support the OpenStack neutron network service. + Enable support for the OpenStack Nova API + Add support for using TLS via OpenSSL. + Add support for package state enforcement using sys-apps/portage + Add support for the new RAET transport. + Support returning data to a redis database. + Use timelib to parse english textual date descriptions. + Add support for the zeromq transport. + + + salt + saltstack/salt-vim + + -- cgit v1.2.3