New in version 2014.7.0.
Provides access to randomness generators.
New in version 2014.7.0.
Returns a random string of the specified length.
CLI Example:
salt '*' random.get_str 128
New in version 2014.7.0.
Encodes a value with the specified encoder.
CLI Example:
salt '*' random.hash 'I am a string' md5
Generates a salted hash suitable for /etc/shadow.
CLI Example:
salt '*' random.shadow_hash 'My5alT' 'MyP@asswd' md5
New in version 2014.7.0.
CLI Example:
salt '*' random.str_encode 'I am a new string' base64
Docs for previous releases are available on readthedocs.org.
Latest Salt release: 2015.5.1