Salt is the world’s fastest, most intelligent and scalable automation
engine.
About Salt
Built on python, Salt uses simple and human-readable YAML combined with
event-driven automation to deploy and configure complex IT systems. In addition
to leveling-up vRealize Automation SaltStack Config, Salt can be found under
the hood of products from Juniper, Cisco, Cloudflare, Nutanix, SUSE, and Tieto,
to name a few.
About SaltStack
SaltStack was acquired by VMware in 2020.
Salt Project remains an open source ecosystem that VMware supports and
contributes to.
Download Salt
Salt is tested and packaged to run on CentOS, Debian, RHEL, Ubuntu, MacOS,
Windows, and more. Download Salt and get started now.
Salt Project Documentation
Installation instructions, getting started guides, in-depth API
documentation, and contributing to Salt.
Security Advisories
Keep an eye on the Salt Project
Security Announcements
landing page. Salt Project recommends subscribing to the
Salt Project Security RSS feed
to receive notification when new information is available regarding security
announcements.
Other channels to receive security announcements include the
Salt Community mailing list
and the
Salt Project Community Slack.
Responsibly Reporting Security Vulnerabilities
When reporting security vulnerabilities for Salt or other SaltStack projects,
refer to the SECURITY.md file found in this repository.
Engage the Salt Project and The Community
Please be sure to review our
Code of Conduct.
Also, check out some of our community resources including:
There are lots of ways to get involved in our community. Every month, there are
around a dozen opportunities to meet with other contributors and the Salt Core
team and collaborate in real time. The best way to keep track is by subscribing
to the Salt Project Community Events Calendar on the main
https://saltproject.io website.
If you have additional questions, email us at saltproject@vmware.com or reach out
directly to the Community Manager, Janae Andrus via Slack. We’d be glad to
have you join our community!
License
Salt is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license. Please
see the
LICENSE file for the
full text of the Apache license, followed by a full summary of the licensing
used by external modules.
A complete list of attributions and dependencies can be found here:
salt/DEPENDENCIES.md