This is a simple tmate execution module for saltstack that can be used for installing tmate and opening a tmate session.
This can be useful for controlling minions behind a firewall. You can now run tmate.new_session against a target and it will return the session name so that you can ssh into it.
root@saltmaster:~# salt saltminion tmate.new_session
saltminion:
ssh [email protected]
Additionally, you can view open tmate sessions on a minion:
root@saltmaster:~# salt saltminion tmate.list_sessions
saltminion:
ssh [email protected]
Finally, kill all sessions on a minion
root@saltmaster:~# salt saltminion tmate.killall
saltminion:
True
Place this file into your execution modules directory (default: /srv/salt/_modules).
Sync the module to your minions:
salt '*' saltutil.sync_modules