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 compound target documentation can be found here.

The nodegroups master config file parameter is used to define nodegroups. Here's an example nodegroup configuration:

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

To match a nodegroup on the CLI, use the -N command-line option:

salt -N group1 test.ping

To match in your top file, make sure to put - match: nodegroup on the line directly following the nodegroup name.

base:
  group1:
    - match: nodegroup
    - webserver