Here is bash commands to quickly install salt-minion to Ubuntu / Debian systems:
MASTER=salt.SERVER.COM
BRAND=PROJECTNAME
HOSTNAME=hostname.SERVER.COM
hostnamectl set-hostname $HOSTNAME
cd /tmp && wget -O - https://bootstrap.saltproject.io | bash && rm ./bootstrap-salt.log
echo "master: $MASTER
" > /etc/salt/minion.d/$BRAND.conf
echo "$HOSTNAME" > /etc/salt/minion_id
service salt-minion restart