Linux Manual Install

A minion will not send the initial cert request until the minion is started. By default salt should resolve to an IP, which can be changed in the minion configuration file.

Generally, you should manage the minion configuration file via salt after the initial install and master connection.

Platform releases may be found at: https://repo.saltstack.com.

0644 root root /etc/apt/sources.list.d/saltstack.list

deb [arch=amd64] http://repo.saltstack.com/py3/{DISTRO}/{VERSION}/amd64/latest {CODENAME} main

Note

[arch=amd64] is required to prevent the skipping acquire of configured file main/binary-i386/packages message for 32 bit binaries on 64 bit systems.

Add the salt repository signing key.

wget -O - https://repo.saltstack.com/py3/{DISTRO}/{VERSION}/amd64/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub | sudo apt-key add -

Install salt.

sudo apt update && sudo apt install salt-minion