FreeBSD¶

Installation¶

Salt is available in the FreeBSD ports tree at sysutils/py-salt.

FreeBSD binary repo¶

pkg install py27-salt

FreeBSD ports¶

By default salt is packaged using python 2.7, but if you build your own packages from FreeBSD ports either by hand or with poudriere you can instead package it with your choice of python. Add a line to /etc/make.conf to choose your python flavour:

echo "DEFAULT_VERSIONS+= python=3.6" >> /etc/make.conf

Then build the port and install:

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/py-salt
make install

Post-installation tasks¶

Master

Copy the sample configuration file:

cp /usr/local/etc/salt/master.sample /usr/local/etc/salt/master

rc.conf

Activate the Salt Master in /etc/rc.conf:

sysrc salt_master_enable="YES"

Start the Master

Start the Salt Master as follows:

service salt_master start

Minion

Copy the sample configuration file:

cp /usr/local/etc/salt/minion.sample /usr/local/etc/salt/minion

rc.conf

Activate the Salt Minion in /etc/rc.conf:

sysrc salt_minion_enable="YES"

Start the Minion

Start the Salt Minion as follows:

service salt_minion start

Now go to the Configuring Salt page.