Chapter 13. Troubleshooting Problems
It doesn't matter what software you use, or how useful it is to you, sooner or later there will be problems. Some of these arise from a simple misunderstanding of the software, but sooner or later, there will be a problem with the software itself. In this chapter, we'll talk about some of the tools that are available to users, and discuss the following:
- Properly identifying problems
- Using Salt in debug/trace mode
- Using salt-call locally
- Dealing with YAML idiosyncrasies
- Using Salt's mailing list and issue tracker
What the...?
Things go wrong. And you don't always notice when they do, at least not at first. And when you do, your first response is likely to sound like, "Hey, that's weird!"
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