Installing Salt

Table of Contents Salt Install Configuration on the master Configuration on the minion Register your Minions

Salt Install

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:saltstack/salt

On your backend that you want to make you salt master:

sudo apt-get install salt-master salt-minion

On your Sensor:

sudo apt-get install salt-minion

On your master modify /etc/salt/master and change the following lines of code:

#file_roots: # base: # - /srv/salt to:

and:

to:

Restart your master:

Modify /etc/salt/minion and change the following line:

to:

Restart your minion:

If you already have Security Onion installed you will need to run the following command. You will also need to run this every time you use sosteup on a sensor on the sensor until I fix the code to handle this:

Now that everything is running let's make sure you can talk to your minions. Run the following command:

Your output should look like this:

Now accept all keys with the following command:

Now run the salt-key -L and you should see they are accepted. Let's make sure we can talk to everyone and everyone is happy.

Head back to the [Installation] to get this mug going..