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Salt install guide
  • Install overview
  • Quickstart

Install Salt

  • Before you start
    • Check your network ports
    • Check system requirements
    • Check your permissions
  • Manual install directions by operating system
    • Linux (DEB)
    • Linux (RPM)
    • macOS
    • Windows
  • Bootstrap installation
  • Other installation types
    • Install in air-gapped environments
    • 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
  • Install dependencies
  • Uninstall Salt
  • Revert to a previous version of Salt

Upgrade Salt

  • Upgrade Salt
  • Upgrade to onedir

Support

  • Salt supported operating systems
  • Salt version support lifecycle
  • Support for Python versions
  • Access old packages of Salt
  • Announcements
  • Downloads

Contribute

  • Open a Salt issue to report bugs
  • Open an Install Guide docs issue
  • Salt docs contributing guide
  • Salt Install Guide source
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Before you startΒΆ

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
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