Beginning with version 0.9.4, Salt has been available in EPEL. It is installable using yum. Salt should work properly with all mainstream derivatives of RHEL, including CentOS, Scientific Linux, Oracle Linux and Amazon Linux. Report any bugs or issues to the salt github project.
Salt and all dependencies have been accepted into the yum repositories for EPEL5 and EPEL6. The latest salt version can be found in epel-testing, while an older but more tested version can be found in regular epel.
Example showing how to install salt from epel-testing:
yum --enablerepo=epel-testing install salt-minion
On RHEL6, the proper Jinja package 'python-jinja2' was moved from EPEL to the "RHEL Server Optional Channel". Verify this repository is enabled before installing salt on RHEL6.
Salt can be installed using yum and is available in the standard Fedora repositories.
Salt is packaged separately for the minion and the master. It is necessary only to install the appropriate package for the role the machine will play. Typically, there will be one master and multiple minions.
On the salt-master, run this:
yum install salt-master
On each salt-minion, run this:
yum install salt-minion
Master
To have the Master start automatically at boot time:
chkconfig salt-master on
To start the Master:
service salt-master start
Minion
To have the Minion start automatically at boot time:
chkconfig salt-minion on
To start the Minion:
service salt-minion start
Now go to the Configuring Salt page.