Failure to install Salt 3006.9 from bootstrap script - ERROR: End of life distributions are not supported.

Products

• VMware Aria Suite

Issue/Introduction

Salt Project no longer supports Centos 7,  Debian 10, and Centos Stream 8 from bootstrap script. The bootstrap script downloaded from https://bootstrap.saltproject.io will fail with a similar message as below:

  *  INFO: Running version: 2024.07.23
 *  INFO: Executed by: /bin/sh
 *  INFO: Command line: './bootstrap-salt.sh -P stable 3006.8'

 *  INFO: System Information:
 *  INFO:   CPU:          GenuineIntel
 *  INFO:   CPU Arch:     x86_64
 *  INFO:   OS Name:      Linux
 *  INFO:   OS Version:   3.10.0-1160.25.1.el7.x86_64
 *  INFO:   Distribution: CentOS 7.9

 * ERROR: End of life distributions are not supported.
 * ERROR: Please consider upgrading to the next stable. See:
 * ERROR:     http://wiki.centos.org/Download

Environment

Salt Project all versions

The current version of  https://bootstrap.saltproject.io

Resolution

It should be possible to get an older version of the bootstrap script from the bootstrap repo and use that one instead: 

https://github.com/saltstack/salt-bootstrap. 

 

Alternatively, it is possible to upgrade the os to  a supported os version as defined in the link below:
https://docs.saltproject.io/salt/install-guide/en/latest/topics/salt-supported-operating-systems.html