Salt is a distributed remote execution system used to execute commands and query data. It was developed in order to bring the best solutions found in the world of remote execution together and make them better, faster and more malleable. Salt accomplishes this via its ability to handle larger loads of information, and not just dozens, but hundreds or even thousands of individual servers, handle them quickly and through a simple and manageable interface.

salt-lint checks Salt State files (SLS) for best practices and behavior that could potentially be improved.

The Salt master is the central server to which all minions connect. Supports Python 3.

The Salt minion is the agent component of Salt. It listens for instructions from the master, runs jobs, and returns results back to the master. Supports Python 3.

The salt-ssh tool can run remote execution functions and states without the use of an agent (salt-minion) service. Supports Python 3.

The Salt syndic is a master daemon which can receive instruction from a higher-level master, allowing for tiered organization of your Salt infrastructure. Supports Python 3.