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

You can replace all existing names for a particular IP address:

127.0.1.1:
  host.only:
    - hostnames:
      - foo.example.com
      - foo

Or delete all existing names for an address:

203.0.113.25:
    host.only:
      - hostnames: []

You can also include comments:

server1:
  host.present:
    - ip: 192.168.0.42
    - names:
      - server1
      - florida
    - comment: A very important comment

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.only(name, hostnames)¶

Ensure that only the given hostnames are associated with the given IP address.

New in version 2016.3.0.

name

The IP address to associate with the given hostnames.

hostnames

Either a single hostname or a list of hostnames to associate with the given IP address in the given order. Any other hostname associated with the IP address is removed. If no hostnames are specified, all hostnames associated with the given IP address are removed.

salt.states.host.present(name, ip, comment='', clean=False)¶

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. Can be a single IP or a list of IP addresses.

comment

A comment to include for the host entry

New in version 3001.

clean

Remove any entries which don't match those configured in the ip option. Default is False.

New in version 2018.3.4.