#salt
>Execute commands and assert state on remote salt minions.

- List connected minions

`salt '*' test.ping`

- Execute a highstate on all connected minions:

`salt '*' state.highstate

- Upgrade packages using the OS package manager (apt, yum, brew) on a subset of minions

`salt '*.domain.com' pkg.upgrade

- Execute an arbitrary command on a particular minion:

`salt '{{minion_id}}' cmd.run "ls "