Amazon Linux 2#

These instructions explain how to install Salt on Amazon Linux 2 operating systems:

Browse the repo for Amazon Linux 2 packages

Amazon Linux 2 Python3

What is onedir?

Onedir is the Salt Project’s new packaging system. Beginning with the release of Salt 3005 (Phosphorus), the Salt Project will begin replacing the old packaging system with the onedir packaging system.

Onedir packages of Salt include the version of Python needed to run Salt and Salt’s required dependencies.

The Salt Project will support the old packaging system until the 3006 release. See Upgrade to onedir for more information.

Before you start#

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

Install onedir packages of Salt on Amazon Linux 2#

To install the Onedir packages of Salt on Amazon Linux 2:

  1. Run the following commands to install the Salt Project repository and key:

    To pin your Salt upgrades to the Latest Onedir package of Salt for Amazon Linux 2:

    sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub
curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/latest.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt-amzn.repo

    To pin your Salt upgrades to the Major Onedir package of Salt for Amazon Linux 2:

    sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/3005/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub
curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/3005.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt-amzn.repo

    To pin your Salt upgrades to the Minor Onedir package of Salt for Amazon Linux 2:

    sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/minor/3005.1-1/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub
curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/minor/3005.1-1.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt-amzn.repo

  2. Run sudo yum clean expire-cache to clear the repository metadata.

  3. Install the salt-minion, salt-master, or other Salt components:

    sudo yum install salt-master
sudo yum install salt-minion
sudo yum install salt-ssh
sudo yum install salt-syndic
sudo yum install salt-cloud
sudo yum install salt-api

  4. Enable and start service 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
sudo systemctl enable salt-syndic && sudo systemctl start salt-syndic
sudo systemctl enable salt-api && sudo systemctl start salt-api

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

Install classic packages of Salt on Amazon Linux 2#

Warning

The Salt Project will support the classic, non-onedir packaging system until the 3006 release. After that time, onedir will become the standard packaging system for the Salt Project. The following instructions explain how to install Salt using the classic packaging system, but you should consider upgrading to onedir soon. See Upgrade to onedir for more information.

In order to prevent problems running classic Salt packages, you should run Salt with the default version of Python that was originally packaged with that operating system. For example, RedHat 8 and CentOS 8 should use Python 3.6. Using any other version could prevent Salt from working properly.

To install Salt on Amazon Linux 2 using the old packaging system:

  1. Run the following commands to install the Salt Project repository and key:

    To pin your Salt upgrades to the Latest Classic package of Salt for Amazon Linux 2:

    sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub
curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/latest.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt-amzn.repo

    To pin your Salt upgrades to the latest Major Classic package of Salt for Amazon Linux 2:

    sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/3005/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub
curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/3005.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt-amzn.repo

    To pin your Salt upgrades to the latest Minor Classic package of Salt for Amazon Linux 2:

    sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/archive/3005.1/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub
curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/py3/amazon/2/x86_64/archive/3005.1.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt-amzn.repo

  2. Run sudo yum clean expire-cache to clear the repository metadata.

  3. Install the salt-minion, salt-master, or other Salt components:

    sudo yum install salt-master
sudo yum install salt-minion
sudo yum install salt-ssh
sudo yum install salt-syndic
sudo yum install salt-cloud
sudo yum install salt-api

  4. Enable and start service 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
sudo systemctl enable salt-syndic && sudo systemctl start salt-syndic
sudo systemctl enable salt-api && sudo systemctl start salt-api

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