Create Windows user using SALTstack

The first thing i did using salt stack was creating a local windows user. Creating users on different OS builds are fully supported by using the built-in salt functions.

First create a mapping in your top.sls config which point to your Windows state directory.

Sample config in top.sls Defining 2 hostnames, one with a wildcard for matching a server group.

base:
  '*':
    - generic

  'TST02 or TST0*2':
    - tst.win_generic

#This match the following hostnames: TST02 and TST012,TST022,TST032 etc. 
#The SLS file in folder tst.

Content of the win_generic.sls

tst_user:
  user.present:
    - name: TSTUser
    - groups:
      - Administrators
      - Users
    - fullname: TST Comod
    - password: {{ pillar['passwords']['TSTUser'] }}
    - enforce_password: False

#More parameters: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/states/all/salt.states.user.html

In this example I use pillar for securing passwords. If you don’t use pillar, just use a plain text password in the password field.
Ill write a blog article how to use Pillar in SALT.