<p>The answer is that you can't directly. You have to set a grain on the minions first by doing something similar to:</p>

<pre><code>salt '*' cmd.run 'grep environment /etc/salt/minion | awk "{print \"environment: \" \$2}" &gt;&gt; /etc/salt/grains'
salt '*' saltutil.sync_grains
salt -G environment:prod cmd.run 'df -h'
</code></pre>

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James Shewey
<p>Salt allows users to assign machines to environments by setting in /etc/salt/minion:</p>

<pre><code>environment: example
</code></pre>

<p>You can then execute environments for that state with the command <code>salt '*' state.apply saltenv=example</code></p>

<p>However, it appears that the same cannot be said for an arbitrary command. Running <code>salt '*' cmd.run 'df -h' saltenv=example</code> will run on all minions instead of just the minions in the "example" environment. How can I run commands for only a specified environment?</p>

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Salt Stack Reporting - Executing commands based on environment
James Shewey
# Salt Stack Reporting - Executing commands based on environment

(Asked by: username_0 on 2017-07-11)

Salt allows users to assign machines to environments by setting in /etc/salt/minion:
environment: example

You can then execute environments for that state with the command salt '*' state.apply saltenv=example
However, it appears that the same cannot be said for an arbitrary command. Running salt '*' cmd.run 'df -h' saltenv=example will run on all minions instead of just the minions in the "example" environment. How can I run commands for only a specified environment?

**Tags:** configuration-management, salt


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2017-07-11. Score: 3

The answer is that you can't directly. You have to set a grain on the minions first by doing something similar to:
salt '*' cmd.run 'grep environment /etc/salt/minion | awk "{print \"environment: \" \$2}" >> /etc/salt/grains'
salt '*' saltutil.sync_grains
salt -G environment:prod cmd.run 'df -h'


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