getting the output of cmd.run into a jinja variable with orchestrate runner

[אורן שני‎]

Hi All,

I have a question which I think should be pretty simple, I just can't find the exact syntax for doing that, so I hope you can help.

I using the salt orchestrate runner to implement a backup system in our network. Basically there is a machine called 'bkpserver' that we use to copy fiels from other machines (via rsync) and I am looking for a way to stick the rsync output into a jinja variable, so that I can write it into a grain.

I know I can do something like  {% o = salt['cmd.run'] ... %} , but this is not going to help me since the command will run on the salt master, not on bkpserver,, so what I really need is to stick something like:

salt.function:

  - name: run.cmd

  - tgt: bkpserver

  - arg:

    - <command to cat the log file>

Into a {% o = salt[... %} statement.

Of course if someone can tell me of a better way to get the content of a file on one host into a grain on anther host, that would be even better.

Thanks in advance,

Oren

[Sean Brennan]

I think saltutil.cmd is what you are looking for. 

https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.saltutil.html#salt.modules.saltutil.cmd

Ex: {% set o = salt['saltutil.cmd'](tgt, fun, ...) %}