Installation

Generally, extensions need to be installed into the same Python environment Salt uses.

State

Install Salt Github extension:
  pip.installed:
    - name: saltext-github

Onedir installation

salt-pip install saltext-github

Regular installation

pip install saltext-github

Hint

Saltexts are not distributed automatically via the fileserver like custom modules, they need to be installed on each node you want them to be available on.