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On 2017-03-23 10:06, Chris Laprise wrote:
> On 03/21/2017 03:40 AM, [email protected] wrote:
>> Sorry to piggyback on the thread, but I've been meaning to ask this.
>> Have there been any notable usecases of end users using salt to
>> coordinate Qubes VM lifecycles with salt, and orchestra/publish them
>> into services? I imagine something like Joanna/Marek's
>> <https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter>qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter
>>
>> <https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-app-linux-pdf-converter>
>> which coordinates multiple VMs to produce a stronger security guarantee
>> than a single VM could produce.
> 
> I haven't seen any expressed on the lists.
> 
> 
>> I am unfamiliar with the structure of salt formulas and pillars, or
>> whether the end goal of a salt configuration can be to publish some
>> service endpoint (though I'd imagine the answer is yes), nor am I
>> certain the exact use salt has seen in qubes so far (it has been my
>> impression that salt helps compose qubes VMs in a  way not fully
>> encouraged for end user, but looking at the documentation that might
>> have simply been my impression given my level of understanding at the
>> time - it certainly seemed intimidating.) What I'm more familiar with is
>> Docker, where most configuration management is done via Docker file, and
>> coordination is done through Docker-Compose declarations.
> 
> Let me be the first to admit that salt appears difficult to understand
> at first. Their documentation drives me up the wall. It strikes me as
> the kind of project that gained followers early when it was still easy
> to grasp, then built up an obscurantist mindset.
> 
> Ansible is much easier to understand, IMHO.
> 
> 
>> Maybe I can show you guys such a file and see if Salt can do similar
>> tasks?
>>
>> This
>> <https://github.com/haugene/docker-transmission-openvpn/blob/master/docker-compose.yml>
>>
> ...
> 
>> Anyways, this is all kind of all over the place, and might need to be
>> posed elsewhere, but I'm just wondering whether salt as deployed on
>> qubes can covers these kinds of usecases in a fairly light weight way.
> 
> Salt probably does cover them. But I suspect Qubists have looked at the
> salt concepts and syntax and decided its not yet worth the effort.
> 

Yes, we need better documentation to make Salt accessible:

https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/1983

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Andrew David Wong (Axon)
Community Manager, Qubes OS
https://www.qubes-os.org
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