How To Install salt-ssh on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-ssh in Fedora 36. salt-ssh is Agentless SSH-based version of Salt, a parallel remote execution system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-ssh on Fedora 36.

What is `salt-ssh`

The salt-ssh tool can run remote execution functions and states without the use of an agent (salt-minion) service. Supports Python 3.

We can use yum or dnf to install salt-ssh on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install salt-ssh.

Install salt-ssh on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install salt-ssh using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install salt-ssh

Install salt-ssh on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install salt-ssh using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install salt-ssh

How To Uninstall salt-ssh on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the salt-ssh package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove salt-ssh

salt-ssh Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/salt/roster
/usr/bin/salt-ssh
/usr/share/man/man1/salt-ssh.1.gz

References

salt-ssh website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-ssh on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).