salt.cheat

% salt

# Update the fileserver cache. If no backend is provided, then the cache for all configured backends will be updated.
salt-run fileserver.update
#Update the fileserver cache, narrow fileserver backends to a subset of the enabled ones
salt-run fileserver.update backend=<backend_comma_separated>

# Forcibly removes all caches on a minion.
salt '*' saltutil.clear_cache

# Passing pillar data ad hoc
salt '*' state.apply ftpsync pillar='{<comma_separated_key_value_pairs>}'

# List all files from the salt fileserver
salt-run fileserver.file_list 

# Lists only files for fileserver environment <saltenv>
salt-run fileserver.file_list saltenv=<saltenv>

# List only files from fileserver backends to <backend> only
salt-run fileserver.file_list saltenv=<saltenv> backend=<backend>

# apply all configured states
salt '*' state.apply

# Custom Pillar values, passed as a dictionary of key-value pairs
salt '*' state.apply test pillar='{<pillar_key_value_pair>}'

# Exclude specific states from execution e.g "[{'id': 'id_to_exclude'}, {'sls': 'sls_to_exclude'}]"
salt '*' state.apply exclude="<exclude>"

# Refresh Salt pillar data on all minions
salt '*' saltutil.refresh_pillar

# List grains
salt '*' grains.ls

# List grains data
salt '*' grains.items

List values for a specific grain for all minions
salt '*' grains.get os