Arch Linux¶

Installation¶

Salt (stable) is currently available via the Arch Linux Official repositories. There are currently -git packages available in the Arch User repositories (AUR) as well.

Stable Release¶

Install Salt stable releases from the Arch Linux Official repositories as follows:

pacman -S salt-zmq

To install Salt stable releases using the RAET protocol, use the following:

pacman -S salt-raet

Note

transports

Unlike other linux distributions, please be aware that Arch Linux's package manager pacman defaults to RAET as the Salt transport. If you want to use ZeroMQ instead, make sure to enter the associated number for the salt-zmq repository when prompted.

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

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-git

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.