Setup salt-ssh to run as a non-root user.
Assume you have already installed salt-ssh.
git clone [email protected]:dzolnierz/salt-ssh-setup.git
cd salt-ssh-setup
cp etc/salt/master.example etc/salt/master
touch etc/salt/roster
And add your minions to roster file.
source salt.bash # or salt.zsh
salt-ssh '*' test.ping