We’re Live¶
This site documents practical, Salt-first automation patterns built from real-world implementation experience. The focus is clarity, reproducibility, and secure-by-default configuration.
The material here is implementation-focused. It reflects how I structure Git-backed state and pillar, approach secure GitFS authentication, manage encrypted pillar data, handle Windows certificate trust, build WinRepo-NG packaging workflows, and design Salt master high availability.
These guides assume you already run Salt with a working master and one or more minions. They are not introductory tutorials. They are reference implementations and patterns intended for production environments.
The goal is simple: document working approaches clearly enough that they can be reviewed, understood, and reproduced.
Additional patterns and architectural examples will be added over time.
Guides Published So Far¶
Git & Pillar Foundations¶
Windows & Artifactory¶
Software Packaging¶
More content will follow, including deeper architecture patterns and deployment models.
Halite is built around a simple principle:
Keep automation deterministic.
Keep configuration declarative.
Keep complexity visible.