SaltStack Enterprise AIX Module Support – SaltStack Support

AIX is considered an Enterprise Operating System for SaltStack. This means that we have invested in specialized developer skills and hardware to ensure that AIX modules are properly built using AIX best practices and compliant with AIX requirements.

Salt Open Source provides a rich and robust ecosystem of modules for the more broadly used and free Operating Systems like Linux. We are constantly improving and enhancing the available modules for AIX.

This document outlines the known modules that are needed to gain parity between AIX and the community supported Operating Systems.

The following items have been identified as missing from the AIX module list. As of this writing, SaltStack has committed to progressively and opportunistically develop and deliver the following functions in pending point-releases and feature-releases of SaltStack Enterprise.

Module	Details
beacon	Cpu, Memory, Statistics, etc
disk	iostat
introspect	all of module functionality
ipmi	all of module functionality
kerberos	all of module functionality
keyboard	all of module functionality
localemod	all of module functionality
network	active_tcp default_route get_route hw_addr hwaddr netstat routes traceroute
pip	All of module functionality
pkg	all of module functionality
pkg_resource	all of module functionality
ps	all of module functionality
pyenv
ret	all of module functionality
service	all of module functionality
shadow	all of module functionality
ssh
status	all of module functionality
sysbench	all of module functionality
system	all of module functionality

The following items have scheduled for development and release in the next Feature-Release of SaltStack Enterprise (summer 2017):

Module	Details
groupadd	all of module functionality
hosts	list_hosts
timezone	all of module functionality
user	all of module functionality

The following items have been identified as not available on the AIX minion and are currently being assessed for development work. If you have use cases that require these modules please contact SaltStack support to help us ensure proper prioritization.

Module	Details
jenkins	Requirement review and assessment ongoing
oracle	Requirement review and assessment ongoing
smtp	Requirement review and assessment ongoing
x509	Requirement review and assessment ongoing

Due to the unique nature of AIX, it is not possible to develop the following for AIX:

Module	Details
grains	disks
ipset	This is specific to Linux functionality
iptables	This is specific to Linux functionality

If you have need of one of these modules or have identified other modules needed for your unique use cases please reach out to SaltStack Support so that we can set the most appropriate priorities for this development work.