[salt-users] Windows minions return "Minion did not return. [Not connected]" when trying to run a bat file from salt master

[t***@garena.com]

Hello everyone~

This is the first time I post in this forum :D I have a question about salt
may need your help to advice.

So I plan to upgrade my windows salt minions version, and because there are
quite a few windows minions there, I want to do the installation using
salt.

I managed to put the salt installation packages & install_minion.bat on the
salt minions (Directory C:\upgrade_salt_minion), and then I plan to install
this bat using salt state function. The command I used on salt master is: *salt
'N74' state.sls DeploySaltUpdate. *

However, it seems not working and after waiting for a while it return:

*N74:*
* Minion did not return. [Not connected]*

Checking on the windows minions itself now, found that salt minion service
is stopped and the salt version is not updated. But when I try to run the
bat file on my window server itself, it is working well and salt version is
updated accordingly.

I found this is really wired and would like to seek if anyone have any
alternative ways to do this. Appreciate the kind help in advance!

Attached is the files I mentioned in case you can spot any errors in them*
:)*

*install_minion.bat:*

@echo off
C:\upgrade_salt_minion\Salt-Minion-2016.11.7-AMD64-Setup.exe /S /master=XXX
/minion-name=N74 /start-service=1
exit
pause


*DeploySaltUpdate.sls:*

deploy:

cmd.run:

- name: 'C:\upgrade_salt_minion\install_minions.bat'

[Shane Lee]

There is a similar issue that was recently filed. Please see my comment...

https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/43947#issuecomment-334875111

Post by t***@garena.com
Hello everyone~
This is the first time I post in this forum :D I have a question about
salt may need your help to advice.
So I plan to upgrade my windows salt minions version, and because there
are quite a few windows minions there, I want to do the installation using
salt.
I managed to put the salt installation packages & install_minion.bat on
the salt minions (Directory C:\upgrade_salt_minion), and then I plan to
install this bat using salt state function. The command I used on salt
master is: *salt 'N74' state.sls DeploySaltUpdate. *
*N74:*
* Minion did not return. [Not connected]*
Checking on the windows minions itself now, found that salt minion service
is stopped and the salt version is not updated. But when I try to run the
bat file on my window server itself, it is working well and salt version is
updated accordingly.
I found this is really wired and would like to seek if anyone have any
alternative ways to do this. Appreciate the kind help in advance!
Attached is the files I mentioned in case you can spot any errors in them*
:)*
*install_minion.bat:*
@echo off
C:\upgrade_salt_minion\Salt-Minion-2016.11.7-AMD64-Setup.exe /S
/master=XXX /minion-name=N74 /start-service=1
exit
pause
*DeploySaltUpdate.sls:*
- name: 'C:\upgrade_salt_minion\install_minions.bat'

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