Add example for salt-proxy over SSH

salt/modules/ssh_package.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+'''
+Service support for the REST example
+'''
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+# Import python libs
+import logging
+
+# Import Salt's libs
+import salt.utils
+
+
+log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+__proxyenabled__ = ['ssh_sample']
+# Define the module's virtual name
+__virtualname__ = 'pkg'
+
+
+def __virtual__():
+    '''
+    Only work on proxy
+    '''
+    if salt.utils.is_proxy():
+        return __virtualname__
+    return False
+
+
+def list_pkgs(versions_as_list=False, **kwargs):
+    return __proxy__['ssh_sample.package_list']()

salt/proxy/ssh_sample.py

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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+'''
+    This is a simple proxy-minion designed to connect to and communicate with
+    a server that exposes functionality via SSH.
+    This can be used as an option when the device does not provide
+    an api over HTTP and doesn't have the python stack to run a minion.
+'''
+from __future__ import absolute_import
+
+# Import python libs
+import json
+import logging
+
+# Import Salt's libs
+from salt.utils.vt_helper import SSHConnection
+
+# This must be present or the Salt loader won't load this module
+__proxyenabled__ = ['ssh_sample']
+
+# Want logging!
+log = logging.getLogger(__file__)
+
+
+# This does nothing, it's here just as an example and to provide a log
+# entry when the module is loaded.
+def __virtual__():
+    '''
+    Only return if all the modules are available
+    '''
+    log.info('ssh_sample proxy __virtual__() called...')
+    return True
+
+
+def init(opts):
+    '''
+    Required.
+    Can be used to initialize the server connection.
+    '''
+    pass
+
+
+def shutdown(opts):
+    '''
+    Required.
+    Can be used to dispose the server connection.
+    '''
+    pass
+
+
+def package_list():
+    '''
+    List "packages" by executing a command via ssh
+    This function is called in response to the salt command
+
+    ..code-block::bash
+        salt target_minion pkg.list_pkgs
+
+    '''
+    # This method shows the full sequence from
+    # initializing a connection, executing a command,
+    # parsing the output and closing the connection.
+    # In production these steps can (and probably should)
+    # be in separate methods.
+
+    # Create the server connection
+    server = SSHConnection(host='salt',
+                           username='salt',
+                           password='password')
+
+    # Send the command to execute
+    out, err = server.sendline('pkg_list')
+
+    # "scrape" the output and return the right fields as a dict
+    return json.loads(out[9:-7])