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How to Install SaltStack on Ubuntu 20.04

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Ellen Sletton | Updated: July 6, 2023

Category: Tutorials | Tags: Automation, Configuration, Configuration Management Framework, Infrastructure, M2Crypto, Master, Minion, Open Source, Platform, PyCrypto, Python, Salt, Salt Master, Salt Minion, SaltStack, Task Execution, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 18.04, Vim

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What is SaltStack?

SaltStack is an open-source infrastructure management platform built on a dynamic communications bus. The main structure of SaltStack contains two main components for work: one Salt Master and several Salt Minions. Salt Master is the main control system used to send commands to Salt Minion and their configuration. Salt Minions (they are also called Nodes) are subsystems that work on managed servers and receive commands from the master, as well as their configuration. At least two servers are required for interaction settings. One for the Master and one for the node. All nodes are configured in the same way.

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