How To Install salt-syndic on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-syndic on Ubuntu.
What is salt-syndic
salt-syndic 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 master of masters for salt
- it enables the management of multiple masters at a time.
There are three methods to install salt-syndic on Ubuntu. 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-syndic 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-syndic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install salt-syndic
Install salt-syndic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install salt-syndic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install salt-syndic
Install salt-syndic 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install salt-syndic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install salt-syndic
How To Uninstall salt-syndic on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the salt-syndic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove salt-syndic
Uninstall salt-syndic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall salt-syndic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove salt-syndic
Remove salt-syndic Configurations and Data
To remove salt-syndic configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge salt-syndic
Remove salt-syndic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove salt-syndic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge salt-syndic
Dependencies
salt-syndic have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install salt-syndic package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.