It’s time for a new feature release of Salt! Follow the instructions below to install the latest release candidate of Salt, and try all the shiny new features! Be sure to report any bugs you find on Github.
Builds for a few platforms are available as part of the RC at https://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/.
Note
For RHEL and Ubuntu, Follow the instructions on
https://repo.saltstack.com/, but insert salt_rc/
into the URL between
the hostname and the remainder of the path. For example:
baseurl=https://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/yum/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/
deb http://repo.saltstack.com/salt_rc/apt/ubuntu/14.04/amd64 jessie main
Available builds:
Release candidate builds for SmartOS are available at http://pkg.blackdot.be/extras/salt-2016.11rc/.
On a base64 2015Q4-x86_64 based native zone the package can be installed by the following:
pfexec pkg_add -U https://pkg.blackdot.be/extras/salt-2016.11rc/salt-2016.11.0rc2_2015Q4_x86_64.tgz
When using the 2016Q2-tools release on the global zone by the following:
pfexec pkg_add -U https://pkg.blackdot.be/extras/salt-2016.11rc/salt-2016.11.0rc2_2016Q2_TOOLS.tgz
You can install a release candidate of Salt using Salt Bootstrap:
curl -o install_salt.sh -L https://bootstrap.saltstack.com
sudo sh install_salt.sh -P git v2016.11.0rc2
If you want to also install a master using Salt Bootstrap, use the -M
flag:
curl -o install_salt.sh -L https://bootstrap.saltstack.com
sudo sh install_salt.sh -P -M git v2016.11.0rc2
If you want to install only a master and not a minion using Salt Bootstrap, use
the -M
and -N
flags:
curl -o install_salt.sh -L https://bootstrap.saltstack.com
sudo sh install_salt.sh -P -M -N git v2016.11.0rc2
Installing from the source archive on PyPI is fairly straightforward.
Note
On RHEL derivatives you also need to install the epel-release
package
first.
sudo yum install epel-release
First install the build dependencies.
Debian-based systems:
sudo apt-get install python-pip python-dev gcc g++
RedHat-based systems:
sudo yum install python-pip python-devel gcc gcc-c++
other systems:
You will need to install:
Then install salt using the following command:
sudo pip install salt==2016.11.0rc2