Revert to a previous version of Salt¶

This documentation explains how to revert to a previous version of Salt on these operating systems:

Revert Salt on Debian/Ubuntu operating systems
Revert Salt on RedHat operating systems

Warning

Salt package repositories do not host versions of Salt older than 3006 LTS. This means users will NOT be able to revert to older versions such as Salt 3005.

Revert Salt on Debian/Ubuntu operating systems¶

To revert to a previous version of Salt:

Verify the version of Salt you are running. For example:

salt-call --local test.versions
salt minion test.version
salt-run --versions-report

Example output:

minion:
    3006.9

Run the following commands to remove all Salt services:

apt-get remove salt-common
apt-get remove salt-master
apt-get remove salt-minion
apt-get remove salt-ssh
apt-get remove salt-syndic
apt-get remove salt-cloud
apt-get remove salt-api

Refer to the install directions, and restrict to target LTS or STS available packages via Linux (DEB)
Verify the version of Salt you are running to ensure you are on the previous version. For example:
```
salt-call test.version
salt minion test.version
salt-run --versions-report
```

Revert Salt on RedHat operating systems¶

To revert to a previous version of Salt:

Verify the version of Salt you are running. For example:

salt-call --local test.versions
salt minion test.version
salt-run --versions-report

Example output:

minion:
    3006.9

Run the following command to change your version of Salt and remove all Salt services:
```
dnf remove salt
```
Refer to the install directions, and restrict to target LTS or STS available packages via Linux (RPM)

Update your package manager and install any of the Salt services as needed:

dnf makecache
dnf install salt-master
dnf install salt-minion
dnf install salt-ssh
dnf install salt-syndic
dnf install salt-cloud
dnf install salt-api

Restart the salt services:

systemctl restart salt-master
systemctl restart salt-minion
systemctl restart salt-ssh
systemctl restart salt-syndic
systemctl restart salt-cloud
systemctl restart salt-api

Verify the version of Salt you are running to ensure you are on the previous version. For example:
```
salt-call --local test.versions
salt minion test.version
salt-run --versions-report
```