salt.states.event

Send events through Salt's event system during state runs

salt.states.event.send(name, data=None, preload=None, with_env=False, with_grains=False, with_pillar=False, show_changed=True, **kwargs)

Send an event to the Salt Master

New in version 2014.7.0.

Accepts the same arguments as the event.send execution module of the same name, with the additional argument:

Parameters:	show_changed -- If True, state will show as changed with the data argument as the change value. If False, shows as unchanged.

Example:

# ...snip bunch of states above

mycompany/mystaterun/status/update:
  event.send:
    - data:
        status: "Half-way through the state run!"

# ...snip bunch of states below

salt.states.event.wait(name, sfun=None)

Fire an event on the Salt master event bus if called from a watch statement

New in version 2014.7.0.

Example:

# Stand up a new web server.
apache:
  pkg:
    - installed
    - name: httpd
  service:
    - running
    - enable: True
    - name: httpd

# Notify the load balancer to update the pool once Apache is running.
refresh_pool:
  event:
    - wait
    - name: mycompany/loadbalancer/pool/update
    - data:
        new_web_server_ip: {{ grains['ipv4'] | first() }}
    - watch:
      - pkg: apache