Windows Manual Install

Latest Windows Minion Installer.

Installer can be launched from the CLI or GUI, dependencies are included with the installer. The minion will be installed to c:\salt.

The salt-minion can be managed like a normal windows service.
sc start salt-minion
net start salt-minion

Windows CLI Install

Installing Windows Minion from powershell (as admin).
Salt-Minion-2019.2.0-Py3-AMD64-Setup.exe /S /master={SALT MASTER} /minion-name={MINION NAME} /start-minion-delayed

Windows GUI Install

  • Specify the master name.

  • Specify the minion name.

  • Optionally provide a default configuration file.

  • Enable delayed start (allows highstates requiring reboots to work).