{"componentChunkName":"component---src-templates-blog-post-js","path":"/blog/check-how-many-saltstack-minions-are-connected","result":{"data":{"allGhostPost":{"edges":[{"node":{"title":"Check How Many SaltStack Minions are Connected","html":"<p>As you might know, you can run <code>salt '*' test.ping</code> to see which minions are connected. However, if you have a lot of minions set up, it's hard to keep track of which servers are missing from <code>test.ping</code>'s output.</p>\n<p><code>salt-key --list connected</code> is another handy command that outputs all of the minions whose keys are accepted.</p>\n<p>With these two commands, I was able to create a simple bash script that outputs the amount of minions that are actually connected to the master.</p>\n<p>Sample output:</p>\n<!-- more -->\n<pre><code>╭─user@saltmaster ~\n╰─➤  ./connected.sh\n26/26 (100.00%)\n</code></pre>\n<h2 id=\"howtoinstall\">How to install</h2>\n<p>Simply create a file called <code>connected.sh</code> for instance with the contents of the <code>connected.sh</code> script below, and set executable permissions on it:</p>\n<p><code>chmod u+x connected.sh</code></p>\n<pre><code class=\"language-bash\">#!/bin/bash\nTOTAL=`salt-key --list accepted | wc -l`\nTOTAL=`echo &quot;$TOTAL-1&quot; | bc`\n\nCONNECTED=`salt '*' test.ping | wc -l`\nCONNECTED=`echo &quot;$CONNECTED/2&quot; | bc`\n\nPERCENT=`echo &quot;scale=2;$CONNECTED/$TOTAL*100&quot; | bc`\n\necho &quot;$CONNECTED/$TOTAL ($PERCENT%)&quot;\n</code></pre>\n","published_at":"2013-10-22T19:44:00.000+03:00","slug":"check-how-many-saltstack-minions-are-connected","tags":[],"plaintext":"As you might know, you can run salt '*' test.ping  to see which minions are\nconnected. However, if you have a lot of minions set up, it's hard to keep track\nof which servers are missing from test.ping's output.\n\nsalt-key --list connected  is another handy command that outputs all of the\nminions whose keys are accepted.\n\nWith these two commands, I was able to create a simple bash script that outputs\nthe amount of minions that are actually connected to the master.\n\nSample output:\n\n╭─user@saltmaster ~\n╰─➤  ./connected.sh\n26/26 (100.00%)\n\n\nHow to install\nSimply create a file called connected.sh  for instance with the contents of the \nconnected.sh  script below, and set executable permissions on it:\n\nchmod u+x connected.sh\n\n#!/bin/bash\nTOTAL=`salt-key --list accepted | wc -l`\nTOTAL=`echo \"$TOTAL-1\" | bc`\n\nCONNECTED=`salt '*' test.ping | wc -l`\nCONNECTED=`echo \"$CONNECTED/2\" | bc`\n\nPERCENT=`echo \"scale=2;$CONNECTED/$TOTAL*100\" | bc`\n\necho \"$CONNECTED/$TOTAL ($PERCENT%)\"","meta_description":null}}]}},"pageContext":{"slug":"check-how-many-saltstack-minions-are-connected","prev":"nginx-and-ssl-root-key-security","next":"publishing-screenshots-screencasts-and-other-files-on-digitalocean-spaces"}},"staticQueryHashes":["3649515864"]}