Salt is a configuration management tool that can help automate server administration tasks. It is an open-source software and can be installed on different operating systems including Manjaro. In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps to install Salt on Manjaro.
Before installing any software, we should update the system package list and upgrade the installed packages. Open the terminal and run the following command to update the package list:
sudo pacman -Sy
Once the update process completes, use the following command to upgrade the installed packages:
sudo pacman -Su
Manjaro provides the Salt package in its official repositories. Execute the following command to install Salt on your Manjaro system:
sudo pacman -S salt
This command will download and install Salt along with its dependencies.
Salt requires two services to function properly: salt-master and salt-minion. The salt-master runs on the server that manages the Salt configuration files while the salt-minion runs on the systems that are managed by Salt. To start and enable these services, execute the following commands:
sudo systemctl enable salt-master
sudo systemctl start salt-master
sudo systemctl enable salt-minion
sudo systemctl start salt-minion
To verify that Salt is installed correctly and functioning properly, use the following command to test the connection between the Salt master and minion:
sudo salt '*' test.ping
This command will ping all the available minions and show their status. If the output displays "True," then the connection between the minion and master is successful.
You have now successfully installed and tested Salt on Manjaro. You can now start automating system administration tasks using Salt.
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