Ubuntu

Installation from the Official SaltStack Repository

Packages for Ubuntu 16 (Xenial), Ubuntu 14 (Trusty), and Ubuntu 12 (Precise) are available in the SaltStack repository.

Instructions are at https://repo.saltstack.com/#ubuntu.

Install Packages

Install the Salt master, minion or other packages from the repository with the apt-get command. These examples each install one of Salt components, but more than one package name may be given at a time:

  • apt-get install salt-api

  • apt-get install salt-cloud

  • apt-get install salt-master

  • apt-get install salt-minion

  • apt-get install salt-ssh

  • apt-get install salt-syndic

Post-installation tasks

Now go to the Configuring Salt page.