salt.states.host¶

Management of addresses and names in hosts file¶

The /etc/hosts file can be managed to contain definitions for specific hosts:

salt-master:
  host.present:
    - ip: 192.168.0.42

Or using the names directive, you can put several names for the same IP. (Do not try one name with space-separated values).

server1:
  host.present:
    - ip: 192.168.0.42
    - names:
      - server1
      - florida

server1:
  host.present:
    - ip:
      - 192.168.0.42
      - 192.168.0.43
      - 192.168.0.44
    - names:
      - server1

salt.states.host.absent(name, ip)¶

Ensure that the named host is absent

name

The host to remove

ip

The ip addr(s) of the host to remove

salt.states.host.present(name, ip)¶

Ensures that the named host is present with the given ip

name

The host to assign an ip to

ip

The ip addr(s) to apply to the host