Restart Salt Minion: cmd.run: {%- if grains['kernel'] == 'Windows' %} - name: 'start powershell "Restart-Service -Name salt-minion"' {%- else %} # fork and disown the process - name: |- exec 0>&- # close stdin exec 1>&- # close stdout exec 2>&- # close stderr nohup salt-call --local service.restart salt-minion & {%- endif %}