<s>
Salt	O
(	O
sometimes	O
referred	O
to	O
as	O
SaltStack	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
Python-based	O
,	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
for	O
event-driven	O
IT	O
automation	O
,	O
remote	O
task	O
execution	O
,	O
and	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supporting	O
the	O
"	O
infrastructure	B-Architecture
as	I-Architecture
code	I-Architecture
"	O
approach	O
to	O
data	O
center	O
system	O
and	O
network	O
deployment	O
and	O
management	O
,	O
configuration	O
automation	O
,	O
SecOps	O
orchestration	O
,	O
vulnerability	O
remediation	O
,	O
and	O
hybrid	O
cloud	O
control	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hatch	O
decided	O
to	O
use	O
the	O
ZeroMQ	B-Operating_System
messaging	O
library	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
high-speed	O
requirements	O
and	O
built	O
Salt	O
using	O
ZeroMQ	B-Operating_System
for	O
all	O
networking	O
layers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
May	O
2011	O
initial	O
progress	O
was	O
made	O
toward	O
the	O
delivery	O
of	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
built	O
on	O
the	O
Salt	O
remote	O
execution	O
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
system	O
stores	O
all	O
configuration	O
(	O
state	O
)	O
data	O
inside	O
an	O
easily	O
understood	O
data	O
structure	O
that	O
leverages	O
YAML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Salt	O
Cloud	O
function	O
allows	O
for	O
provisioning	O
of	O
any	O
hybrid	O
cloud	O
host	O
,	O
then	O
exposes	O
Salt	O
remote	O
execution	O
,	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
event-driven	O
automation	O
capabilities	O
to	O
the	O
newly	O
provisioned	O
hybrid	O
cloud	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Salt	O
Cloud	O
supports	O
25	O
public	O
and	O
private	O
cloud	O
systems	O
including	O
AWS	B-Application
,	O
Azure	B-Application
,	O
VMware	O
,	O
IBM	O
Cloud	O
,	O
and	O
OpenStack	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2020	O
,	O
VMware	O
acquired	O
SaltStack	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
module	O
design	O
of	O
Salt	O
creates	O
Python	B-Language
modules	O
that	O
handle	O
certain	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
available	O
Salt	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
State	O
modules	O
are	O
the	O
components	O
that	O
make	O
up	O
the	O
backend	O
for	O
the	O
Salt	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
renderer	O
system	O
is	O
what	O
makes	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
represent	O
Salt	O
's	O
configuration	B-General_Concept
management	I-General_Concept
data	O
in	O
any	O
serializable	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
critical	O
vulnerabilities	O
were	O
found	O
within	O
Salt	O
's	O
default	O
communication	O
channel	O
ZeroMQ	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
the	O
initial	O
research	O
discovered	O
6000	O
vulnerable	O
Salt	O
servers	O
.	O
</s>
