[DOCS] transfer files from a proxy minion device to a master?

[alan-cugler]

Description
So for a regular minion we can specify a file and send that to the master if we have the appropriate options setup in the master config to allow files from minion. However I am not confident in being able to specify a file on a network device from a proxy minion to send to the master.

because that salt state will try to grab the file from the proxy minions own file system rather than the network device?

device_logs:  <-- executed from a proxy minion
  module.run:
    - name: cp.push
    - path: /network/device/logfile.log <-- on the network device
    - upload_path: /var/cache/tmp  <-- on the master

Could someone clarify how they would use a proxy to pull a file from the device to the master in a similar manner, or does the above state work with proxies as well?

Resources

• module.run
• minionFS

[alan-cugler]

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52987740/saltstack-how-i-can-copy-file-from-minion-to-saltstack-file-server/52987973#52987973

This is for a regular minion file transfer to the master, and I am asking for a proxy minion.

[sagetherage]

@alan-cugler not everything for proxy minion is supported or documented, but let me get an engineer to confirm this specific use case.

[alan-cugler]

The workaround I had thought up if this isnt possible, is to write a scp (get) state from device to proxy and then using the above state from proxy minion to master.