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Install Salt

  • Before you start
    • Check your network ports
    • Check system requirements
    • Check your permissions
    • Install dependencies
  • Manual install directions by operating system
    • AIX
    • Amazon Linux 2
    • Arch Linux
    • Arista
    • CentOS
    • Debian
    • Fedora
    • FreeBSD
    • Juniper
    • macOS
    • Oracle Linux
    • Photon OS
    • Raspbian
    • RedHat (RHEL)
    • SUSE (SLES)
    • Solaris
    • Ubuntu
    • Windows
  • Bootstrap installation
  • Platform agnostic installation (pip)
  • Install a release candidate

Post-installation

  • Configure the Salt master and minions
  • Start the master and minion services
  • Accept the minion keys
  • Verify a Salt install
  • Uninstall Salt

Upgrade Salt

  • Upgrade Salt
  • Upgrade to onedir

Support

  • Supported operating systems
  • Salt version support lifecycle
  • Support for Python versions
  • Access old packages of Salt

Contribute

  • Open a Salt issue to report install bugs
  • Open a docs issue
  • Salt docs contributing guide
  • GitLab repository

Versions

  • Latest: 3005
  • 3004
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Before you start#

Before you start a Salt installation, check the system requirements to ensure your platform is supported in the latest version of Salt and open the required network ports. Ensure you also have the correct permissions to install packages on the targeted nodes.

  • Check your network ports
  • Check system requirements
  • Check your permissions
  • Install dependencies
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