SEP 30: Event Driven State Enforcer

0030-add_beacons_from_states.md

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+- Feature Name: Add Beacons from Salt States
+- Start Date: 2020-12-21
+- SEP Status: Draft
+- SEP PR: (leave this empty)
+- Salt Issue: (leave this empty)
+
+# Summary
+[summary]: #summary
+
+Adding a new global option to Salt state system that would audomatically add a beacon on the targeted minion for specific functions in specific state modules.
+
+# Motivation
+[motivation]: #motivation
+
+Adding this new option would allow beacons easier and associating them with Salt managed resources.
+
+# Design
+[design]: #detailed-design
+
+The design and implementation of this new option would done in a similar way to the mod_watch system.  During a state run
+the various individual states will be scanned and those that include the beacon option will be run through a function that
+calls a "mod_beacon" function in the desired state module.  This "mod_beacon" function would create the beacon using the
+configured resources associated with the state in question, eg. the PKGs, files, or services.
+
+## Alternatives
+[alternatives]: #alternatives
+
+N/A
+
+## Unresolved questions
+[unresolved]: #unresolved-questions
+
+- If we want to allow the configured beacon to be configurable or only have specific states use specific beacons.
+- Allow the beacons for specific use cases to be combined, eg. a common beacon which monitors PKGs.
+
+# Drawbacks
+[drawbacks]: #drawbacks
+
+Why should we *not* do this? Please consider:
+
+- This addition would add another level of complexity to the state system.