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The Salt Project Website Has a New Look

Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Salt Project website has a new look as part of a broader theme unification across the Salt Project website and documentation, bringing a single unified blog feed, local search, and tag-based filtering. These updates also include updates to how the RSS feeds work, such as the security feed.

Open Hour and Q&A 2025-AUG-21

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for August 21st, 2025. In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about updated support timelines for both LTS and STS, salt issue templates getting a facelift, and more.

Open Hour and Q&A 2025-JUN-19

Thu, 19 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for June 19th, 2025. In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about the recent Salt 3006.12 LTS and 3007.4 STS CVE fix releases, the extension of Salt 3006 LTS and 3007 STS support timelines, and more.

Open Hour and Q&A 2025-MAY-15

Thu, 15 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for May 15th, 2025. In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about the recent Salt 3007.2 STS release, the in-progress work to upgrade current Salt releases to use Python 3.11.x in relenv, and more.

Open Hour and Q&A 2025-APR-17

Thu, 17 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for April 17th, 2025. In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about David Murphy retiring, revival of the MacOS Working Group, and more.

A Letter from David Murphy: Retiring from Tech

Wed, 02 Apr 2025 00:00:00 +0000

David Murphy, a Salt Project maintainer for over 10 years, is retiring from Broadcom and Salt Project.

Open Hour and Q&A 2025-MAR-20

Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for March 20th, 2025. In this month’s open hour, we talked about the completion of Salt Project CI work, the release of Salt v3006.10 LTS, and more.

POP and Idem Projects Will Soon be Archived

Fri, 24 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

POP and Idem projects have been in maintenance mode since the acquisition of VMware by Broadcom. Now the projects are considered unmaintained, and are lined up to be archived. All projects will remain public, read-only OSS repositories available under the Apache v2 licenses for anyone who would like to maintain their own forks.

Open Hour and Q&A 2025-JAN-16

Thu, 16 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for January 16, 2025. In this month’s open hour, we talked about the state of Salt Project CI, extensions for Salt LTS and STS support, outlook on Salt 3008 LTS, and more.

Bootstrap subdomains no longer hosting salt-bootstrap scripts

Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

With the migration of salt-bootstrap script download locations, to GitHub Releases, winbootstrap.saltproject.io and bootstrap.saltproject.io no longer host bootstrap scripts (as of today)

Website and Docs: Looking forward in 2025

Wed, 18 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In 2025, the Salt Project website (saltproject.io) and documentation subdomain (docs.saltproject.io) will be reviewed for potential transformation and content migration

Upcoming Update to Salt Project Docs GitHub Pages Backend

Tue, 17 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In continued efforts to improve automation, docs publishing will experience an update on 2024-12-18. Downtime is expected to be minimal.

Upcoming bootstrap subdomain decommission

Wed, 04 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

With the migration of salt-bootstrap script download locations, to GitHub Releases, winbootstrap.saltproject.io and bootstrap.saltproject.io will be decommissioned on 2025-01-06

FAQs from Salt Project Repo Migration and Open Hour

Fri, 22 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

With the Salt Project repo migration, in October, there have been several questions from community members. The Salt Project Team addresses many of them here.

New salt-bootstrap release: v2024.11.21

Thu, 21 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The new salt-bootstrap release includes support for minor-version installs on Linux via packages.broadcom.com endpoint.

New salt-bootstrap release: v2024.11.07

Thu, 07 Nov 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The new salt-bootstrap release includes support for the new packages.broadcom.com endpoint.

Salt Install Guide Overhaul and salt-bootstrap updates

Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Salt Install Guide has been updated to reflect the Salt package repository migration to packages.broadcom.com, and salt-bootstrap is non-functional as fixes to the scripts are underway.

salt-bootstrap Breakage and Next Steps: New Updates

Tue, 29 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

salt-bootstrap downloads via curl will need to be modified, as salt-bootstrap scripts will need to be downloaded from GitHub Releases instead. Read for details on how to resolve this issue.

Salt Project Package Repository (repo.saltproject.io) Migration and Guidance

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This week, packages from repo.saltproject.io will be migrated to packages.broadcom.com. This means a variety of disruptive changes are being implemented around installing, upgrading, and pinning/locking Salt.

salt-bootstrap Breakage and Next Steps

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

salt-bootstrap downloads via curl will need to be modified, as existing curl calls against bootstrap.saltproject.io and winbootstrap.saltproject.io no longer work. Read for details on how to resolve this issue.

Upcoming Salt Project Docs and Repo Migrations

Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Salt Project is migrating off of the current backends used for hosting saltproject.io, docs.saltproject.io, and repo.saltproject.io

Streamlining CI/CD and Package Distribution in Salt Project

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Salt Project will no longer be building packages or running tests in our pipelines for Arch Linux, Amazon Linux, openSUSE, and macOS.

A Letter from Chunga: So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish

Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Chunga is leaving Broadcom, but will continue running The Hacks with Tom Hatch, and remain a member of the Salt Project community.

The Great Salt Module Migration

Wed, 21 Aug 2024 00:00:00 +0000

In Salt 3008 Argon, many states and modules that you might be currently using will be migrated to extensions because of the Great Module Migration.

Salt Project Launches Community Core Maintainer Program!

Tue, 25 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Salt Project announces a new program to further strengthen and secure the future of Salt Project by increasing the involvement and contributions of select members of the community.

Open Hour 2024-JUN-20

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for June 20, 2024. In this open hour, Nick Aronne talks about the recent news that Bitnami added the Salt minion into Bitnami images available in the Bitnami Application Catalog.

Open Hour 2024-MAY-16

Thu, 16 May 2024 15:21:54 +0530

Open hour notes for May 16, 2024. In this open hour, Tom gives a big announcement about his decision to leave Broadcom and Chunga unveils a new community maintainer program.

I'm exiting Broadcom - Staying with Salt Project forever

Thu, 16 May 2024 14:21:54 +0530

Tom Hatch is leaving Broadcom, but will remain actively involved in Salt Project forever.

Open Hour 2024-APR-18

Thu, 18 Apr 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for April 18, 2024. In today’s open hour, Chunga showcases how Salt Project is using Discord Events and Alyssa announces that active support for the 3006 LTS release has been extended.

Open Hour 2024-MAR-21

Fri, 22 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for March 21, 2024. In this open hour, the core team announced the migration from Slack to Discord.

Goodbye Slack, Hello Discord!

Thu, 21 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Salt Project is switching from Slack to Discord, effective immediately. While this will be disruptive in the short term, we feel this transition will be fantastic for the Salt Project Community in the long run.

Open Hour 2024-FEB-15

Thu, 15 Feb 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for February 15, 2024. In this open hour, Alyssa talks about who is using Salt and Derek gives some updates Salt releases.

Open Hour 2024-JAN-18

Thu, 18 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for January 18, 2024. In this month’s open hour, we unveil a new Salt extensions working group and Tom discusses maintenance policy changes.

Salt Project changes in policy

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:00:00 +0000

A message from Tom Hatch about upcoming changes to the Salt Project to make the project more sustainable and easier to maintain.

Open Hour 2023-DEC-21

Thu, 21 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for December 21, 2023. In this open hour, Tom discusses the Broadcom acquisition and Nick Hughes talks about his new blog entry.

Undocumented Features: Salt Runner Silence

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Runner modules have an undocumented configuration parameter that allows for enhanced control over the output of the Runner modules.

Salt community Slack is now restored

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 09:00:00 +0000

We’re pleased to report that the Salt Project Community Slack workspace is back online. You may need to re-open the workspace and re-authenticate.

Salt community Slack is temporarily down

Thu, 30 Nov 2023 08:00:00 +0000

We are currently working to rectify this issue, and restore the workspace to its original state. Thank you for your patience.

Open Hour 2023-NOV-16

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for July 20, 2023. In this open hour, Alyssa demos the latest updates to the quickstart tutorial and Chunga expresses his gratitude to the community.

Open Hour 2023-NOV-2

Thu, 02 Nov 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for November 2, 2023. In today’s open hour, Alyssa reports on the research findings from our recent community listening tour.

Open Hour 2023-OCT-5

Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for July 20, 2023. This week, Thomas talks about how to use Jinja with statements and Derek mentions some important announcements about Slack and open source packages.

Open Hour 2023-SEP-21

Thu, 21 Sep 2023 06:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for September 21, 2023. In this open hour, we announced a new release of Salt and Gareth demoed the new quickstart guide.

Open Hour 2023-SEP-07

Thu, 07 Sep 2023 05:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for September 7, 2023. In this open hour, Gareth explained why the Salt team has been closing out old pull requests and issues.

Open Hour 2023-AUG-17

Thu, 17 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for August 17, 2023. In this open hour, the core Salt team discusses the recent CVE release of Salt and Nick Hughes demos the Prometheus Salt extension.

Open Hour 2023-AUG-03

Thu, 03 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for August 3, 2023. In this open hour, Chunga announces the Salt Project THING! We also discuss the new Linux Foundation report which showcases Salt Project.

Linux Foundation Showcases Salt Project

Wed, 02 Aug 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Here at the Salt Project, we enjoyed reading this recent report about the power of Open Source from our friends at the Linux Foundation.

Open Hour 2023-JULY-20

Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for July 20, 2023. In this open hour, Gareth talks about and demos Salt extensions, Thomas explains everything you wanted to know about ports, and Alyssa talks about the docs working group.

Open Hour 2023-JUNE-15

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for June 15, 2023. This week featured a demo about using a shell script and Dockerfile for Salt from community member Erik Johnson.

Open Hour 2023-JUNE-01

Thu, 01 Jun 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for June 1, 2023. We had two demos this week: Shane demoed LGPO Reg for Windows and community member Hunter Matthews demoed his grains workflow.

Open Hour 2023-MAY-18

Thu, 18 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for May 18, 2023. This week featured three demos: new release of Heist, how to scale a single job across multiple Salt masters, and how to run machine learning models with Salt analytics.

Open Hour 2023-MAY-04

Thu, 04 May 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for May 4, 2023. This week featured a demo of Salt test labels with Chad McMarrow.

Open Hour 2023-APR-20

Thu, 20 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for April 20, 2023. This week, Anil Sharma discusses the new Salt release.

Open Hour 2023-APR-6

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for April 6, 2023. In this open hour, Shane demos how to install a Salt release candiate.

Open Hour 2023-MAR-16

Thu, 16 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for March 16, 2023. This week, Gareth demoed how to use salt-describe to automatically generate SLS files.

Open Hour 2023-MAR-2

Thu, 02 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for March 2, 2023. In this open hour, Chunga gives an update on the Idem Project.

Open Hour 2023-FEB-16

Thu, 16 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for February 16, 2023. In this open hour, Thomas explains how fail hard works in Salt.

Open Hour 2023-FEB-2

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for February 2, 2023. In this open hour, Pedro explains how the new GitHub Actions pipelines work and we explain the new release strategy.

Open Hour 2023-JAN-19

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for January 19, 2023. This week, Thomas explains how to use the wheel more effectively.

Open Hour 2023-JAN-5

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Open hour notes for January 5, 2023. In this open hour, Wayne demoed the improvements he’s made to syndics.

PyTest: A Journey of 3 Years

Sat, 15 Aug 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Salt is ending a journey that started 3 years ago with the first pull request to add support for PyTest. In the upcoming weeks, Salt will finally switch to PyTest as its sole test runner, and the previous, and heavily customized unittest runner, runtests.py, finally reaches EOL.