Welcome to salt-nornir’s documentation!

Contents:

• Overview
  • Why Salt-Nornir?
  • How it fits together
  • How it works
  • Nornir process watchdog or known issues
  • Working with Large number of devices
• Installation
  • Installation extras
  • SaltStack versions tested
  • Nornir Salt Dependency
  • Upgrade Procedure
  • Common installation issues
  • Using docker containers
• Getting started
  • Install SALTSTACK
  • Install Nornir
  • Configure SALT Master
  • Define Proxy Minion pillar inventory
  • Start SALT Master
  • Configure Proxy Minion
  • Start Nornir Proxy Minion process
  • Accept Proxy Minion key on master
  • Start using Nornir Proxy Minion
  • Additional Resources
• Nornir Execution Module
  • Introduction
  • Common CLI Arguments
  • Execution Module Functions
• Nornir Runner Module
  • Introduction
  • Nornir Runner module functions
• Nornir State Module
  • Introduction
  • Nornir State Module Functions
• FAQ
  • How to refresh Nornir Proxy Pillar?
  • How to target individual hosts behind nornir proxy minion?
• Use Cases
  • Doing one-liner configuration changes
  • Using Jinja2 templates to generate and apply configuration
  • Using Nornir state module to do configuration changes
  • Sending Nornir stats to Elasticsearch and visualizing in Grafana
  • Using runner to work with inventory information and search for hosts
  • Calling task plugins using nr.task
  • Targeting devices behind Nornir proxy
  • Saving task results to files on a per-host basis
• Pillar and Inventory Examples
  • Arista cEOS
  • Cisco IOS-XE
  • Cisco IOSXR
  • Cisco NXOS
  • Juniper Junos