Add the Salt minion to deployments in air-gapped environments

As a template developer, you can configure and deploy a Salt minion using cloud templates for air-gapped environments.

Prerequisites

• Ensure that the /etc/salt/cloud.deploy.d folder on the Automation Config server contains the latest tarball with the latest version of the installer files.
• Ensure that your VM has python 3 installed and configured.
• On your VM, if you are not using the root account, create a user account and add it to the sudo group: usermod -aG sudo salt-user

For more information on Windows requirements, see Spinning up Windows Minions.

Procedure

1. Navigate to the RaaS configuration file located in /etc/raas/raas.
2. Add these lines to the configuration file:

   minion_deployment:
     airgap_install: true

3. Restart the RaaS service using the service raas restart command.
4. In Automation Assembler, configure and deploy a template without the saltConfiguration or remoteAccess sections.
5. Run the Apply Salt Configuration Day 2 action against the machine.
   Note: You only need to enter your authentication credentials to run the action.

   
6. Navigate back to the template and verify the YAML configuration.
7. Test and deploy the template.