How to configure windows salt minion for rabbitmq module? - rabbitmq

Question

We're running several windows server with RabbitMQ and salt minion on it. Our aim is to control and configure RabbitMQ via salt.
The first problem with which we had been confronted was
'rabbitmq' __virtual__ returned false
After digging in the source code, we solved this by adding the rabbitmq sbin folder to the PATH.
The next error
ERROR: password is a required argument for runas on Windows
was pretty easy to solve. Just add a runas="" after your call and it's fine.
... or not
ERROR: Unable to run command '['rabbitmqctl', 'status']' with the context '{'timeout': None, 'with_communicate': True, 'shell': False, 'bg': False, 'stderr': -2, 'env': {'TMP': 'C:\\Windows\\TEMP', 'COMPUTERNAME': 'TMS-230017010', 'USERDOMAIN': 'WORKGROUP', 'PSMODULEPATH': 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\Modules\\;c:\\Program Files (x86)\\Microsoft SQL Server\\110\\Tools\\PowerShell\\Modules\\', 'COMMONPROGRAMFILES': 'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files', 'PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER': 'Intel64 Family 6 Model 44 Stepping 2, GenuineIntel', 'PROGRAMFILES': 'C:\\Program Files', 'PROCESSOR_REVISION': '2c02', 'SYSTEMROOT': 'C:\\Windows', 'PATH': '%programfiles%\\rabbitmq server\\rabbitmq_server-3.6.1\\sbin;c:\\programdata\\oracle\\java\\javapath;C:\\Windows\\system32;C:\\Windows;C:\\Windows\\system32\\wbem;C:\\Windows\\system32\\windowspowershell\\v1.0;c:\\program files (x86)\\microsoft sql server\\110\\tools\\binn;c:\\program files\\microsoft sql server\\110\\tools\\binn;c:\\program files\\microsoft sql server\\110\\dts\\binn;c:\\program files (x86)\\microsoft sql server\\110\\tools\\binn\\managementstudio;c:\\program files (x86)\\microsoft sql server\\110\\dts\\binn;C:\\Program Files\\rabbitmq server\\rabbitmq_server-3.6.1\\sbin;C:\\salt\\bin\\lib\\site-packages\\pywin32_system32;/bin;/sbin;/usr/bin;/usr/sbin;/usr/local/bin;C:\\salt\\bin\\lib\\site-packages\\pywin32_system32', 'PROGRAMFILES(X86)': 'C:\\Program Files (x86)', 'TEMP': 'C:\\Windows\\TEMP', 'COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86)': 'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Common Files', 'PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE': 'AMD64', 'ALLUSERSPROFILE': 'C:\\ProgramData', 'LOCALAPPDATA': 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Local', 'PROGRAMW6432': 'C:\\Program Files', 'USERNAME': 'TMS-230017010$', 'COMSPEC': 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe', 'PROGRAMDATA': 'C:\\ProgramData', 'PATHEXT': '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC', 'FP_NO_HOST_CHECK': 'NO', 'WINDIR': 'C:\\Windows', 'APPDATA': 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Roaming', 'SYSTEMDRIVE': 'C:', 'PYTHONHOME': '', 'NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS': '4', 'PROCESSOR_LEVEL': '6', 'ERLANG_HOME': 'C:\\Program Files\\erl7.3', 'COMMONPROGRAMW6432': 'C:\\Program Files\\Common Files', 'OS': 'Windows_NT', 'PUBLIC': 'C:\\Users\\Public', 'USERPROFILE': 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile'}, 'stdout': -1, 'stdin': None, 'cwd': 'C:\\Windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile'}', reason: [Error 2] Das System kann die angegebene Datei nicht finden
The context pretty printed:
{
'timeout': None,
'with_communicate': True,
'shell': False,
'bg': False,
'stderr': -2,
'env': {
'TMP': 'C: \\Windows\\TEMP',
'COMPUTERNAME': 'TMS-230017010',
'USERDOMAIN': 'WORKGROUP',
'PSMODULEPATH': 'C: \\Windows\\system32\\WindowsPowerShell\\v1.0\\Modules\\;c: \\ProgramFiles(x86)\\MicrosoftSQLServer\\110\\Tools\\PowerShell\\Modules\\',
'COMMONPROGRAMFILES': 'C: \\ProgramFiles\\CommonFiles',
'PROCESSOR_IDENTIFIER': 'Intel64Family6Model44Stepping2,GenuineIntel',
'PROGRAMFILES': 'C: \\ProgramFiles',
'PROCESSOR_REVISION': '2c02',
'SYSTEMROOT': 'C: \\Windows',
'PATH': '%programfiles%\\rabbitmqserver\\rabbitmq_server-3.6.1\\sbin;c: \\programdata\\oracle\\java\\javapath;C: \\Windows\\system32;C: \\Windows;C: \\Windows\\system32\\wbem;C: \\Windows\\system32\\windowspowershell\\v1.0;c: \\programfiles(x86)\\microsoftsqlserver\\110\\tools\\binn;c: \\programfiles\\microsoftsqlserver\\110\\tools\\binn;c: \\programfiles\\microsoftsqlserver\\110\\dts\\binn;c: \\programfiles(x86)\\microsoftsqlserver\\110\\tools\\binn\\managementstudio;c: \\programfiles(x86)\\microsoftsqlserver\\110\\dts\\binn;C: \\ProgramFiles\\rabbitmqserver\\rabbitmq_server-3.6.1\\sbin;C: \\salt\\bin\\lib\\site-packages\\pywin32_system32;/bin;/sbin;/usr/bin;/usr/sbin;/usr/local/bin;C: \\salt\\bin\\lib\\site-packages\\pywin32_system32',
'PROGRAMFILES(X86)': 'C: \\ProgramFiles(x86)',
'TEMP': 'C: \\Windows\\TEMP',
'COMMONPROGRAMFILES(X86)': 'C: \\ProgramFiles(x86)\\CommonFiles',
'PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE': 'AMD64',
'ALLUSERSPROFILE': 'C: \\ProgramData',
'LOCALAPPDATA': 'C: \\Windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Local',
'PROGRAMW6432': 'C: \\ProgramFiles',
'USERNAME': 'TMS-230017010$',
'COMSPEC': 'C: \\Windows\\system32\\cmd.exe',
'PROGRAMDATA': 'C: \\ProgramData',
'PATHEXT': '.COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH;.MSC',
'FP_NO_HOST_CHECK': 'NO',
'WINDIR': 'C: \\Windows',
'APPDATA': 'C: \\Windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile\\AppData\\Roaming',
'SYSTEMDRIVE': 'C: ',
'PYTHONHOME': '',
'NUMBER_OF_PROCESSORS': '4',
'PROCESSOR_LEVEL': '6',
'ERLANG_HOME': 'C: \\ProgramFiles\\erl7.3',
'COMMONPROGRAMW6432': 'C: \\ProgramFiles\\CommonFiles',
'OS': 'Windows_NT',
'PUBLIC': 'C: \\Users\\Public',
'USERPROFILE': 'C: \\Windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile'
},
'stdout': -1,
'stdin': None,
'cwd': 'C: \\Windows\\system32\\config\\systemprofile'
}
Does anyone have a suggestion how to solve this problem?
EDIT:
The output from test.versions_report
Salt Version:
Salt: 2016.3.1
Dependency Versions:
cffi: 1.6.0
cherrypy: 5.3.0
dateutil: 2.5.3
gitdb: 0.6.4
gitpython: 2.0.2
ioflo: 1.5.3
Jinja2: 2.8
libgit2: Not Installed
libnacl: Not Installed
M2Crypto: Not Installed
Mako: 1.0.4
msgpack-pure: Not Installed
msgpack-python: 0.4.7
mysql-python: Not Installed
pycparser: 2.14
pycrypto: 2.6.1
pygit2: Not Installed
Python: 2.7.12 (v2.7.12:d33e0cf91556, Jun 27 2016, 15:24:40) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)]
python-gnupg: 0.3.8
PyYAML: 3.11
PyZMQ: 15.2.0
RAET: Not Installed
smmap: 0.9.0
timelib: 0.2.4
Tornado: 4.3
ZMQ: 4.1.2
System Versions:
dist:
machine: AMD64
release: 8
system: Windows
version: 8 6.2.9200 SP0 Multiprocessor Free

Answer 1

I haven't tested this and it would be helpful if we had the exact CLI command you executed as well as the output, but I'm guessing that this error you saw:
ERROR: password is a required argument for runas on Windows
means that you need to add a password argument to your command
salt < the rest of your command > password='<my password>'
Be aware that running that salt command on your linux salt master will be logged, along with that password. We might need to modify the rabbitmq stuff to work better on Windows. I'm not sure if it was originally written with Windows in mind.