Salt Cloud - Install

Create Server

Login as root using the IP address or domain name:

sudo -i -u root
ssh the.server.ip.address

Install Salt

From https://repo.saltstack.com/#ubuntu

Warning

Be sure to click the PY3 tab (not PY2)!

Run the following command to import the SaltStack repository key:

wget -O - https://repo.saltstack.com/py3/ubuntu/18.04/amd64/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub | sudo apt-key add -

Save the following to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/saltstack.list:

deb http://repo.saltstack.com/py3/ubuntu/18.04/amd64/latest bionic main

Next Steps

  1. To setup a Salt Master

  2. To setup a Minion, Salt - Provision