.. _installation-rhel: ============================================================== RHEL / CentOS / Scientific Linux / Amazon Linux / Oracle Linux ============================================================== .. _installation-rhel-repo: Salt should work properly with all mainstream derivatives of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including CentOS, Scientific Linux, Oracle Linux, and Amazon Linux. Report any bugs or issues on the `issue tracker`__. .. __: https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues Installation from the Official SaltStack Repository =================================================== Packages for Redhat, CentOS, and Amazon Linux are available in the SaltStack Repository. - `Red Hat / CentOS `_ - `Amazon Linux `_ .. note:: As of 2015.8.0, EPEL repository is no longer required for installing on RHEL systems. SaltStack repository provides all needed dependencies. .. warning:: If installing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 with disabled (not subscribed on) 'RHEL Server Releases' or 'RHEL Server Optional Channel' repositories, append CentOS 7 GPG key URL to SaltStack yum repository configuration to install required base packages: .. code-block:: cfg [saltstack-repo] name=SaltStack repo for Red Hat Enterprise Linux $releasever baseurl=https://repo.saltstack.com/yum/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/latest enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://repo.saltstack.com/yum/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub https://repo.saltstack.com/yum/redhat/$releasever/$basearch/latest/base/RPM-GPG-KEY-CentOS-7 .. note:: ``systemd`` and ``systemd-python`` are required by Salt, but are not installed by the Red Hat 7 ``@base`` installation or by the Salt installation. These dependencies might need to be installed before Salt. Installation from the Community-Maintained Repository ===================================================== Beginning with version 0.9.4, Salt has been available in `EPEL`_. .. note:: Packages in this repository are built by community, and it can take a little while until the latest stable SaltStack release become available. .. _`EPEL`: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL RHEL/CentOS 6 and 7, Scientific Linux, etc. ------------------------------------------- .. warning:: Salt 2015.8 is currently not available in EPEL due to unsatisfied dependencies: ``python-crypto`` 2.6.1 or higher, and ``python-tornado`` version 4.2.1 or higher. These packages are not currently available in EPEL for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Enabling EPEL ************* If the EPEL repository is not installed on your system, you can download the RPM for `RHEL/CentOS 6`_ or for `RHEL/CentOS 7`_ and install it using the following command: .. code-block:: bash rpm -Uvh epel-release-X-Y.rpm Replace ``epel-release-X-Y.rpm`` with the appropriate filename. .. _RHEL/CentOS 6: http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/6/i386/repoview/epel-release.html .. _RHEL/CentOS 7: http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/epel/7/x86_64/repoview/epel-release.html Installing Stable Release ************************* Salt is packaged separately for the minion and the master. It is necessary to install only the appropriate package for the role the machine will play. Typically, there will be one master and multiple minions. - ``yum install salt-master`` - ``yum install salt-minion`` - ``yum install salt-ssh`` - ``yum install salt-syndic`` - ``yum install salt-cloud`` Installing from ``epel-testing`` ******************************** When a new Salt release is packaged, it is first admitted into the ``epel-testing`` repository, before being moved to the stable EPEL repository. To install from ``epel-testing``, use the ``enablerepo`` argument for ``yum``: .. code-block:: bash yum --enablerepo=epel-testing install salt-minion Installation Using pip ====================== Since Salt is on `PyPI`_, it can be installed using pip, though most users prefer to install using RPM packages (which can be installed from `EPEL`_). Installing from pip has a few additional requirements: * Install the group 'Development Tools', ``yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'`` * Install the 'zeromq-devel' package if it fails on linking against that afterwards as well. A pip install does not make the init scripts or the /etc/salt directory, and you will need to provide your own systemd service unit. Installation from pip: .. _`PyPI`: https://pypi.org/project/salt/ .. code-block:: bash pip install salt .. warning:: If installing from pip (or from source using ``setup.py install``), be advised that the ``yum-utils`` package is needed for Salt to manage packages. Also, if the Python dependencies are not already installed, then you will need additional libraries/tools installed to build some of them. More information on this can be found :ref:`here `. ZeroMQ 4 ======== We recommend using ZeroMQ 4 where available. SaltStack provides ZeroMQ 4.0.5 and ``pyzmq`` 14.5.0 in the :ref:`SaltStack Repository `. If this repository is added *before* Salt is installed, then installing either ``salt-master`` or ``salt-minion`` will automatically pull in ZeroMQ 4.0.5, and additional steps to upgrade ZeroMQ and pyzmq are unnecessary. Package Management ================== Salt's interface to :mod:`yum ` makes heavy use of the **repoquery** utility, from the yum-utils_ package. This package will be installed as a dependency if salt is installed via EPEL. However, if salt has been installed using pip, or a host is being managed using salt-ssh, then as of version 2014.7.0 yum-utils_ will be installed automatically to satisfy this dependency. .. _yum-utils: http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/YumUtils Post-installation tasks ======================= Master ------ To have the Master start automatically at boot time: **RHEL/CentOS 5 and 6** .. code-block:: bash chkconfig salt-master on **RHEL/CentOS 7** .. code-block:: bash systemctl enable salt-master.service To start the Master: **RHEL/CentOS 5 and 6** .. code-block:: bash service salt-master start **RHEL/CentOS 7** .. code-block:: bash systemctl start salt-master.service Minion ------ To have the Minion start automatically at boot time: **RHEL/CentOS 5 and 6** .. code-block:: bash chkconfig salt-minion on **RHEL/CentOS 7** .. code-block:: bash systemctl enable salt-minion.service To start the Minion: **RHEL/CentOS 5 and 6** .. code-block:: bash service salt-minion start **RHEL/CentOS 7** .. code-block:: bash systemctl start salt-minion.service Now go to the :ref:`Configuring Salt` page.