Add and Remove Salt Minions

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Add and Remove Salt Minions

When using the Salt platform, Salt maintains its minions for the lifecycle of the minion. This means that there will always be times when we need to either add or remove minions as they are provisioned and retired from use. In this lab, we'll simulate retiring an old server and bringing its new replacement under Salt's management.

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Lab Info

Level

Beginner

Last updated

Sep 22, 2025

Duration

10m

Challenge

Remove the Former Backup Server

Remove the existing backup #2 key from the master.
Challenge

Start Salt on the New Backup Server

Ensure the new backup #1 server has Salt configured. Then enable the connection to the master.
Challenge

Approve the New Minion

Add the new backup #1 server to the Salt master.

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