# Copy minion keys to correct location New-Item c:\salt\conf\pki\minion\ -ItemType directory | out-null cp C:\tmp\minion.pem C:\salt\conf\pki\minion\ cp C:\tmp\minion.pub C:\salt\conf\pki\minion\ # Detect architecture if ([IntPtr]::Size -eq 4) { $arch = "win32" } else { $arch = "AMD64" } # Download minion setup file Write-Host "Downloading Salt minion installer ($arch)..." $webclient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient $url = "https://docs.saltstack.com/downloads/Salt-Minion-2014.1.3-1-$arch-Setup.exe" $file = "C:\tmp\salt.exe" $webclient.DownloadFile($url, $file) # Install minion silently Write-Host "Installing Salt minion..." C:\tmp\salt.exe /S # Try starting the Salt minion service Start-Service -Name "salt-minion" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $service = Get-Service salt-minion -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $try = 0 # Retry starting the service 4 times if it's not running # and wait 2 seconds between each try While (($service.Status -eq "Stopped") -and ($try -ne 4)) { Start-Service -Name "salt-minion" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue $service = Get-Service salt-minion -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue Start-Sleep -s 2 $try += 1 } # If the salt-minion service is still not running, something probably # went wrong and user intervention is required - report failure. if ($service.Status -eq "Stopped") { Write-Host "Failed to start Salt minion" exit 1 } Write-Host "Salt minion successfully installed"