How to Add Salt CentOS Repository

GNU/Linux CentOS Enabling Salt Repo

This tutorial shows you step-by-step How to Add Salt Yum/Dnf Enterprise GNU/Linux Repository.

And Salt for CentOS is an event-driven Automation Tool and Framework to Deploy, Configure, and Manage complex IT Systems built on Python.

Finally, this Setup is Valid also for All the others RHEL Based Distros like:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Oracle Enterprise Linux
• Rocky Linux
• AlmaLinux

1. 1. Terminal QuickStart

   How to QuickStart with Command Line on CentOS:

   Fedora Console QuickStart

   Getting Started with Terminal on Linux

2. 2. Adding Salt GPG Key

   Now to Add Salt GPG Signature Key
   On El9 based do:

   sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/redhat/9/x86_64/SALT-PROJECT-GPG-PUBKEY-2023.pub

   Where for El8 based instead:

   sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/redhat/8/x86_64/SALT-PROJECT-GPG-PUBKEY-2023.pub

   Last, for El7 based:

   sudo rpm --import https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/redhat/7/x86_64/SALT-PROJECT-GPG-PUBKEY-2023.pub

   In case of Issue or for more Insight see the Official Documentation.
   Authenticate with the User’s Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo.

3. 3. Adding Salt Repository

   Next to Add Salt Repository
   On El9 based run:

   curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/redhat/9/x86_64/latest.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt.repo

   Where for El8 based:

   curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/redhat/8/x86_64/latest.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt.repo
   

   Last, on El7 based:

   curl -fsSL https://repo.saltproject.io/salt/py3/redhat/7/x86_64/latest.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/salt.repo
   

4. 4. Clearing Repo Metadata

   Next possibly Clean the Repository Metadata
   With:

   sudo yum clean expire-cache

5. 5. Installing Salt on CentOS

   Finally, to Install Salt for CentOS GNU/Linux:

   Salt CentOS Installation Guide

   Salt Setup on CentOS