Arch Linux

Installation

Salt is currently available via the Arch User Repository (AUR). There are currently stable and -git packages available.

Stable Release

Install Salt stable releases from the Arch Linux AUR as follows:

wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sa/salt/salt.tar.gz
tar xf salt.tar.gz
cd salt/
makepkg -is

A few of Salt's dependencies are currently only found within the AUR, so it is necessary to download and run makepkg -is on these as well. As a reference, Salt currently relies on the following packages which are only available via the AUR:

• https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/py/python2-msgpack/python2-msgpack.tar.gz
• https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/py/python2-psutil/python2-psutil.tar.gz

Note

yaourt

If a tool such as Yaourt is used, the dependencies will be gathered and built automatically.

The command to install salt using the yaourt tool is:

yaourt salt

Tracking develop

To install the bleeding edge version of Salt (may include bugs!), use the -git package. Installing the -git package as follows:

wget https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/sa/salt-git/salt-git.tar.gz
tar xf salt-git.tar.gz
cd salt-git/
makepkg -is

See the note above about Salt's dependencies.

Post-installation tasks

systemd

Activate the Salt Master and/or Minion via systemctl as follows:

systemctl enable salt-master.service
systemctl enable salt-minion.service

Start the Master

Once you've completed all of these steps you're ready to start your Salt Master. You should be able to start your Salt Master now using the command seen here:

systemctl start salt-master

Now go to the Configuring Salt page.