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- salt-api 0.7.0
- ==============
- :program:`salt-api` is ready for alpha-testing in the real world. This release
- solidifies how :program:`salt-api` will communicate with the larger Salt
- ecosystem. In addition authentication and encryption (via SSL) have been added.
- The first netapi module was a proof of concept written in Flask. It was quite
- useful to be able to quickly hammer out a URL structure and solidify on an
- interface for programmatically calling out to Salt components. As of this
- release that module has been deprecated and removed in favor of a netapi module
- written in CherryPy. CherryPy affords tremendous flexibility when composing a
- REST interface and will present a stable platform for building out a very
- adaptable and featureful REST API—also we're using the excellent and fast
- CherryPy webserver for securely serving the API.
- Low-data interface
- ==================
- The last release introduced a proof-of-concept for how the various Salt
- components will communicate with each other. This is done by passing a data
- structure to a client interface. This release expands on that. There are
- currently three client interfaces in Salt.
- .. seealso:: :ref:`netapi-introduction`
- Encryption and authentication
- =============================
- Encryption has been added via SSL. You can supply an existing certificate or
- generate a self-signed certificate through Salt's :py:mod:`~salt.modules.tls`
- module.
- Authentication is performed through Salt's incredibly flexible :ref:`external
- auth <acl-eauth>` system and is maintained when accessing the API via session
- tokens.
- Participation
- =============
- :program:`salt-api` is just getting off the ground so feedback, questions, and
- ideas are critical as we solidify how this project fits into the overall Salt
- infrastructure management stack. Please get involved by `filing issues`__ on
- GitHub, `discussing on the mailing list`__, and chatting in ``#salt-devel`` on
- Freenode.
- .. __: https://github.com/saltstack/salt-api/issues
- .. __: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/salt-users
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