saltstack/salt — Issue #440: The minions_pre directory is not present, ensure that the master server has been started
Author: cedwards
Created: 2012-01-06 00:48:02+00:00
State: open

fresh installation on FreeBSD. pki_dir changed on both master and minion to /usr/local/etc/salt/pki. starting the services I get the below output..

salt# service salt_master start
Starting salt_master.
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salt# service salt_minion start
Starting salt_minion.
salt# salt-key -L
salt-key: Command not found.
salt# rehash
salt# salt-key -L
Missing configuration file:
Unaccepted Keys:
The minions_pre directory is not present, ensure that the master server has been started
salt# ps auxwww | grep salt
root 79951 0.0 2.3 78060 17944 ?? SJ 12:44AM 0:00.10 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-master -c /usr/local/etc/salt/master -d
root 79952 0.0 2.2 75244 17136 ?? IJ 12:44AM 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-master -c /usr/local/etc/salt/master -d
root 79953 0.0 2.3 76268 17496 ?? IJ 12:44AM 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-master -c /usr/local/etc/salt/master -d
root 79954 0.0 2.3 76268 17692 ?? IJ 12:44AM 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-master -c /usr/local/etc/salt/master -d
root 79955 0.0 2.3 76268 17832 ?? SJ 12:44AM 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-master -c /usr/local/etc/salt/master -d
root 79956 0.0 2.3 76268 17776 ?? IJ 12:44AM 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-master -c /usr/local/etc/salt/master -d
root 79957 0.0 2.3 76268 17832 ?? SJ 12:44AM 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-master -c /usr/local/etc/salt/master -d
root 79958 0.0 2.3 76268 17692 ?? IJ 12:44AM 0:00.01 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-master -c /usr/local/etc/salt/master -d
root 79975 0.0 2.5 78060 19372 ?? SJ 12:44AM 0:02.48 /usr/local/bin/python2.7 /usr/local/bin/salt-minion -c /usr/local/etc/salt/minion -d