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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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Manual install directions by operating systemΒΆ

These instructions explain how to manually install Salt on various operating systems. See Install overview for an overview of the steps involved in installing Salt.

  • Linux (DEB)
  • Linux (RPM)
  • macOS
  • Windows
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