This post gives you instructions to download and install the latest release of SaltStack 2016.11(Latest) version in Ubuntu 16 (XENIAL).

Execute the below command to import the SaltStack 2016.11.3 repository key,



$ sudo wget -O - https://repo.saltstack.com/apt/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/latest/SALTSTACK-GPG-KEY.pub | sudo apt-key add -

Save the below line to /etc/apt/sources.list.d/saltstack.list:


deb http://repo.saltstack.com/apt/ubuntu/16.04/amd64/latest xenial main

Execute the command to updates:


$ sudo apt-get update

Now, install the SaltStack 2016.11(Latest) packages in Ubuntu 16 (XENIAL) - salt-minion, salt-master or other salt components,


$ sudo apt-get install salt-master



$ sudo apt-get install salt-minion



$ sudo apt-get install salt-ssh



$ sudo apt-get install salt-syndic



$ sudo apt-get install salt-cloud



$ sudo apt-get install salt-api

Start or Stop the above services,


$ sudo service [Salt-*] start



$ sudo service [Salt-*] stop

Restart all the upgraded services(Upgrade Only)


$ sudo systemctl restart salt-minion