How To Install salt-minion on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-minion on Debian 9. salt-minion is client package for salt, the distributed remote execution system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-minion on Debian 9.

What is salt-minion

salt-minion is:

salt is a powerful remote execution manager that can be used to administer servers in a fast and efficient way.

It allows commands to be executed across large groups of servers. This means systems can be easily managed, but data can also be easily gathered. Quick introspection into running systems becomes a reality.

Remote execution is usually used to set up a certain state on a remote system. Salt addresses this problem as well, the salt state system uses salt state files to define the state a server needs to be in.

Between the remote execution system, and state management Salt addresses the backbone of cloud and data center management.

This particular package provides the worker / agent for salt.

There are three methods to install salt-minion on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install salt-minion Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install salt-minion using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install salt-minion

Install salt-minion Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install salt-minion

Install salt-minion Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install salt-minion using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install salt-minion

How To Uninstall salt-minion on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove salt-minion

Uninstall salt-minion And Its Dependencies

To uninstall salt-minion and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove salt-minion

Remove salt-minion Configurations and Data

To remove salt-minion configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge salt-minion

Remove salt-minion configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove salt-minion configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge salt-minion

Dependencies

salt-minion have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-minion package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.