Photon OS#

These instructions explain how to install Salt on Photon OS operating systems.

Note

Salt packages for Photon OS are hosted on the Photon OS package repository. Photon OS creates its own Salt packages and the Salt Project does not publish separate Salt packages for download.

Before you start#

Before installing Salt on your operating system, ensure that you first:

Install Salt on Photon OS 3#

To install Salt on Photon OS 3:

  1. Create the Photon environment and run this command to update the system:

    sudo tdnf update

  2. Run this command to check whether the latest Salt release is available:

    sudo tdnf list salt3

    This command returns a list of available Salt versions for Photon OS.

  3. Install packages from the Photon OS repository, such as the salt-minion, salt-master, or other Salt components:

    Click the tab for the Salt version you would like to pin for updates:

    To install the latest release of Salt packages that are available in the Photon OS repository, run these commands:

    sudo tdnf install salt3-master
sudo tdnf install salt3-minion
sudo tdnf install salt3-ssh
sudo tdnf install salt3-syndic
sudo tdnf install salt3-cloud
sudo tdnf install salt3-api

    The following is an example of how to install a specific release of Salt based on the list of packages available in the Photon OS repository:

    sudo tdnf install salt3-master-3005-1.ph3
sudo tdnf install salt3-minion-3005-1.ph3
sudo tdnf install salt3-ssh-3005-1.ph3
sudo tdnf install salt3-syndic-3005-1.ph3
sudo tdnf install salt3-cloud-3005-1.ph3
sudo tdnf install salt3-api-3005-1.ph3

    Note

    The file extensions are based on which version of Photon OS you are installing Salt services on. For example, the extension for Photon OS 3 is .ph3 and the extension for Photon OS 4 is .ph4.

  4. Enable and start the services for salt-minion, salt-master, or other Salt components:

    sudo systemctl enable salt-master && sudo systemctl start salt-master
sudo systemctl enable salt-minion && sudo systemctl start salt-minion

After installing Salt on your operating system, you need to complete the following post-installation steps: