Salt Pex

A way to build Salt using pex and package the executable using FreeBSD's pkgng.

It allows for a completely isolated environment for Salt.

Use

Best to run this inside a jail since it'll be installing additional packages that are required for Salt and pex. Assuming we are in a jail:

git clone https://github.com/sarcasticadmin/salt-pex.git
cd salt-pex
sh salt-pex.sh pkg

This will create a BUILD directory and output the pkg in the root of that directory.

Push up that pkg to a custom pkgng repo or install it directly:

pkg install salt-call-pex
rehash
salt-call --local --version

Limitations

1. Due to the single entrypoint in pex, this method of building salt is limited to a single binary. In this case the script currently uses salt-call allowing for masterless configuration.
2. Some modules in salt might have issues with installing salt in this way. The majority should be fine however.