salt.states.debconfmod¶

Available Functions¶

The debconfmod state has two functions, the set and set_file functions

set

Set debconf selections from the state itself

set_file

Set debconf selections from a file

nullmailer-debconf:
  debconf.set:
    - name: nullmailer
    - data:
        'shared/mailname': {'type': 'string', 'value': 'server.domain.tld'}
        'nullmailer/relayhost': {'type': 'string', 'value': 'mail.domain.tld'}

ferm-debconf:
  debconf.set:
    - name: ferm
    - data:
        'ferm/enable': {'type': 'boolean', 'value': True}

If you're setting debconf values that requires dpkg-reconfigure, you can use the onchanges requisite to reconfigure your package:

set-default-shell:
  debconf.set:
    - name: dash
    - data:
        'dash/sh': {'type': 'boolean', 'value': false}

reconfigure-dash:
  cmd.run:
    - name: dpkg-reconfigure -f noninteractive dash
    - onchanges:
      - debconf: set-default-shell

Every time the set-default-shell state changes, the reconfigure-dash state will also run.

salt.states.debconfmod.set(name, data, **kwargs)¶

Set debconf selections

<state_id>:
  debconf.set:
    - name: <name>
    - data:
        <question>: {'type': <type>, 'value': <value>}
        <question>: {'type': <type>, 'value': <value>}

name:

The package name to set answers for.

data:

A set of questions/answers for debconf. Note that everything under this must be indented twice.

question:

The question the is being pre-answered

type:

The type of question that is being asked (string, boolean, select, etc.)

value:

The answer to the question

salt.states.debconfmod.set_file(name, source, template=None, context=None, defaults=None, **kwargs)¶

Set debconf selections from a file or a template

<state_id>:
  debconf.set_file:
    - source: salt://pathto/pkg.selections

<state_id>:
  debconf.set_file:
    - source: salt://pathto/pkg.selections?saltenv=myenvironment

<state_id>:
  debconf.set_file:
    - source: salt://pathto/pkg.selections.jinja2
    - template: jinja
    - context:
        some_value: "false"

source:

The location of the file containing the package selections

template

If this setting is applied then the named templating engine will be used to render the package selections file, currently jinja, mako, and wempy are supported

context

Overrides default context variables passed to the template.

defaults

Default context passed to the template.