salt '*' sys.doc         # output sys.doc (= all documentation)
salt '*' sys.doc pkg     # only sys.doc for pkg module
salt '*' sys.doc network # only sys.doc for network module
salt '*' sys.doc system  # only sys.doc for system module
salt '*' sys.doc status  # only sys.doc for status module

salt-run manage.status  # What is the status of all my minions? (both up and down)
salt-run manage.up      # Any minions that are up?
salt-run manage.down    # Any minions that are down?
salt-run manage.alived  # Show all alive minions
salt '*' test.version   # Display salt version
salt '*' test.ping      # Use test module to check if minion is up and responding.
                        # (Not an ICMP ping!)

salt '*' state.sls mystatefile           # mystatefile.sls will be applied to *
salt 'minion1' state.sls prod.somefile  # prod/somefile.sls will be applied to minion1

salt '*' grains.ls

salt '*' grains.item os      # Show the value of the OS grain for every minion
salt '*' grains.item roles   # Show the value of the roles grain for every minion

salt 'minion1' grains.setval mygrain True  # Set mygrain to True (create if it doesn't exist yet)
salt 'minion1' grains.delval mygrain       # Delete the value of the grain

salt-run jobs.active      # get list of active jobs
salt-run jobs.list_jobs   # get list of historic jobs
salt-run jobs.lookup_jid <job id number>  # get details of this specific job

salt 'minion-x-*' system.reboot  # Let's reboot all the minions that match minion-x-*
salt '*' status.uptime           # Get the uptime of all our minions

salt '*' pkg.list_upgrades             # get a list of packages that need to be upgrade
salt '*' pkg.upgrade                   # Upgrades all packages via apt-get dist-upgrade (or similar)

salt '*' pkg.version bash              # get current version of the bash package
salt '*' pkg.install bash              # install or upgrade bash package
salt '*' pkg.install bash refresh=True # install or upgrade bash package but
                                      # refresh the package database before installing.

salt '*' service.status <service name>
salt '*' service.available <service name>
salt '*' service.start <service name>
salt '*' service.restart <service name>
salt '*' service.stop <service name>

salt 'minion1' network.ip_addrs          # Get IP of your minion
salt 'minion1' network.ping <hostname>   # Ping a host from your minion
salt 'minion1' network.traceroute <hostname>   # Traceroute a host from your minion
salt 'minion1' network.get_hostname      # Get hostname
salt 'minion1' network.mod_hostname      # Modify hostname

salt-cloud -p profile_do my-vm-name -l debug  # Provision using profile_do as profile
                                              # and my-vm-name as the virtual machine name while
                                              # using the debug option.
salt-cloud -d my-vm-name                      # destroy the my-vm-name virtual machine.
salt-cloud -u                                 # Update salt-bootstrap to latest develop version on GitHub.