salt.modules.system

Support for reboot, shutdown, etc

salt.modules.system.halt()

Halt a running system

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.halt
salt.modules.system.init(runlevel)

Change the system runlevel on sysV compatible systems

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.init 3
salt.modules.system.poweroff()

Poweroff a running system

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.poweroff
salt.modules.system.reboot(at_time=None)

Reboot the system

at_time
The wait time in minutes before the system will be rebooted.

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.reboot
salt.modules.system.shutdown(at_time=None)

Shutdown a running system

at_time
The wait time in minutes before the system will be shutdown.

CLI Example:

salt '*' system.shutdown 5

Docs for previous releases are available on readthedocs.org.

Latest Salt release: 2016.3.3

Previous topic

salt.modules.sysrc

Next topic

salt.modules.system_profiler