Node groups

Node group

A predefined group of minions declared in the master configuration file nodegroups setting as a compound target.

Nodegroups are declared using a compound target specification. The compount target documentation can be found here:

Compound Matchers

For example, in the master config file nodegroups setting:

nodegroups:
  group1: 'L@foo.domain.com,bar.domain.com,baz.domain.com or bl*.domain.com'
  group2: 'G@os:Debian and foo.domain.com'

Specify a nodegroup via the -N option at the command-line:

salt -N group1 test.ping

Specify a nodegroup with - match: nodegroup in a top file:

base:
  group1:
    - match: nodegroup
    - webserver