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What is Salt? Its automation, infrastructure management, its data-driven orchestration, remote execution, configuration management, and so much more.

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The Hacks

Thomas Hatch and Jimmy Chunga are The Hacks! Join them every week as they talk about nerd stuff. If you’re into cybersecurity, DevSecOps, SecOps, DevOps, all the Ops, infrastructure automation, network automation, configuration management, and open source then subscribe now.

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Salt Air

SALT AIR was refreshed and relaunched in February 2021. Salt Project runs Salt Open Source Software and SALT AIR is our favorite Salt Project video series! This is for Salt newbies and veterans alike.

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Open Hour 2022-MAY-5

Agenda General updates and announcementsRADIO 2022Community forum updateTest clinicsQ&A plus discussion Open Hour YouTube playlist | Contact us! saltproject@vmware.com General…

Open Hour 2022-APR-21

Agenda General updates and announcementsNew Salt Project websiteCommunity forum updateQ&A plus discussion Open Hour YouTube playlist | Contact us! saltproject@vmware.com…

Open Hour 2022-MAR-17

Agenda General updates and announcementsDocumentation updatesSalty 5Q&A plus discussion Open Hour YouTube playlist | Contact us! saltproject@vmware.com General updates and…

Learn Salt

Get hands on with Salt with nothing to install and step-by-step instructions using the Salt Tutorials Or dive into the details with Salt documentation or the Salt Project YouTube channel Learn to automate and secure IT with Salt.

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