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    Install salt-minion on a new ubuntu server


Change the hostname on the minion

$ sudo su
  
$ vi /etc/hosts
# add 127.0.0.1 servername
 
$ vi /etc/hostname
# change the name to the servername

$ hostname -F /etc/hostname 
# (this forces the hostname changes which stick after a reboot)

Setup latest version of salt-minion on a new server See

$ add-apt-repository ppa:saltstack/salt        # to get the latest version
$ apt-get update
$ apt-get install salt-minion
Or to get the latest installation from the SaltStack repository (Ubuntu 14)
$ wget -O - https://repo.saltstack.com/apt/ubuntu/ubuntu14/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub | sudo apt-key add -

$ vi /etc/apt/sources.list
# Add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list
# deb http://repo.saltstack.com/apt/ubuntu/ubuntu14/latest trusty main
 
$ apt-get update
 
$ apt-get install salt-minion
Or to get the latest installation from the SaltStack repository (Ubuntu 16)
sudo wget -O - https://repo.saltstack.com/apt/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo mkdir -p /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
cat "deb http://repo.saltstack.com/apt/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/latest xenial main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/saltstack.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install salt-minion
cat /etc/salt/minion_id             # to confirm minion id is the same as hostname

Configuring salt-minion for connectivity to master (you can check an existing minion for the configuration)

$ sudo vi /etc/salt/minion

# Edit the line
# master: <salt-master-server>

Start the minion in the foreground (to daemonize the process, pass the -d flag)

$ service salt-minion start

Login to the salt-master server and accept the new minion key

$ salt-key -L                         # Check to see if key is available
$ salt-key -a <minion-key>            # Accept the new minion key
  
$ salt-run manage.status              # Check that the server is up
A) Override pillar value from command line
Ref
$ salt '*' state.apply ftpsync pillar='{"ftpusername": "test", "ftppassword": "hello"}'