--- page_title: 'Provisioner: salt-masterless' description: >- The salt-masterless Terraform provisioner provisions machines built by Terraform --- # Salt Masterless Provisioner Type: `salt-masterless` The `salt-masterless` Terraform provisioner provisions machines built by Terraform using [Salt](http://saltstack.com/) states, without connecting to a Salt master. The `salt-masterless` provisioner supports `ssh` [connections](/language/resources/provisioners/connection). !> **Warning:** This provisioner was removed in the 0.15.0 version of Terraform after being deprecated as of Terraform 0.13.4. Provisioners should also be a last resort. There are better alternatives for most situations. Refer to [Declaring Provisioners](/language/resources/provisioners/syntax) for more details. ## Requirements The `salt-masterless` provisioner has some prerequisites. `cURL` must be available on the remote host. ## Example usage The example below is fully functional. ```hcl provisioner "salt-masterless" { "local_state_tree" = "/srv/salt" } ``` ## Argument Reference The reference of available configuration options is listed below. The only required argument is the path to your local salt state tree. Optional: - `bootstrap_args` (string) - Arguments to send to the bootstrap script. Usage is somewhat documented on [github](https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap), but the [script itself](https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap/blob/develop/bootstrap-salt.sh) has more detailed usage instructions. By default, no arguments are sent to the script. - `disable_sudo` (boolean) - By default, the bootstrap install command is prefixed with `sudo`. When using a Docker builder, you will likely want to pass `true` since `sudo` is often not pre-installed. - `remote_pillar_roots` (string) - The path to your remote [pillar roots](https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/configuration/master.html#pillar-configuration). default: `/srv/pillar`. This option cannot be used with `minion_config`. - `remote_state_tree` (string) - The path to your remote [state tree](https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/states/highstate.html#the-salt-state-tree). default: `/srv/salt`. This option cannot be used with `minion_config`. - `local_pillar_roots` (string) - The path to your local [pillar roots](https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/configuration/master.html#pillar-configuration). This will be uploaded to the `remote_pillar_roots` on the remote. - `local_state_tree` (string) - The path to your local [state tree](https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/states/highstate.html#the-salt-state-tree). This will be uploaded to the `remote_state_tree` on the remote. - `custom_state` (string) - A state to be run instead of `state.highstate`. Defaults to `state.highstate` if unspecified. - `minion_config_file` (string) - The path to your local [minion config file](https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/configuration/minion.html). This will be uploaded to the `/etc/salt` on the remote. This option overrides the `remote_state_tree` or `remote_pillar_roots` options. - `skip_bootstrap` (boolean) - By default the salt provisioner runs [salt bootstrap](https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap) to install salt. Set this to true to skip this step. - `temp_config_dir` (string) - Where your local state tree will be copied before moving to the `/srv/salt` directory. Default is `/tmp/salt`. - `no_exit_on_failure` (boolean) - Terraform will exit if the `salt-call` command fails. Set this option to true to ignore Salt failures. - `log_level` (string) - Set the logging level for the `salt-call` run. - `salt_call_args` (string) - Additional arguments to pass directly to `salt-call`. See [salt-call](https://docs.saltproject.io/en/latest/ref/cli/salt-call.html) documentation for more information. By default no additional arguments (besides the ones Terraform generates) are passed to `salt-call`. - `salt_bin_dir` (string) - Path to the `salt-call` executable. Useful if it is not on the PATH.