Yes, Salt can Salt itself!
Note
See the full Salt Formulas installation and usage instructions.
Install a minion
Install a master.
Install a syndic.
Install salt cloud.
Install salt-ssh with roster file. Configure pillar data under salt:ssh_roster to feed the template.
Every option available in the templates can be set in pillar. Settings under 'salt' will be overridden by more specific settings under salt['master'], salt['minion'] or salt['cloud']
salt:
ret_port: 4506
master:
user: saltuser
...
minion:
user: saltuser
...
cloud:
providers: ec2
...
Additional templates can be added by the user under salt/files/minion.d and master.d. This might be useful if, for example, a recently-added configuration option is not yet provided by the default template.
Executing the provided Vagrantfile will create a Ubuntu 14.04 VM, add the default Saltstack Repository and install the current stable version.
The folders inside the VM will be set up in a way that enables you to simply execute 'sudo salt "*" state.highstate' to apply the salt formula to the VM, using the pillar.example config. You can check /etc/salt/ for results.
Remember, you will have to run state.highstate or state.sls salt.(master|minion|cloud) manually.