Here is an essential cheat sheet of some normal SaltStack orders with models: 1. Test network with flunkies: salt '*' test.ping 2. Execute an order on cronies: salt '*' cmd.run 'ls - l/var/log' 3. Apply a state to cronies: salt '*' state.apply nginx 4. Apply a highstate to cronies (apply every single characterized state): salt '*' state.highstate 5. Get data about followers (grains): salt '*' grains.items 6. Introduce a bundle on cronies: salt '*' pkg.install nginx 7. Begin, stop, or restart a help on flunkies: salt '*' service.start nginx salt '*' service.stop nginx salt '*' service.restart nginx 8. Duplicate records to cronies: salt '*' cp.get_file salt://way/to/record/objective/way 9. Execute an order in a particular registry on cronies: salt '*' cmd.run chdir=/way/to/registry 'ls - l' 10. Run an order nonconcurrently on flunkies: salt -...