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 Red Hat Linux 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