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Reputation:

re-use pillar values in salt(-ssh)

I am currently getting familiar with salt and wonder how I could re-use the values of pillars in other places (sections) in .sls files.

In buildout, I would be able to reference a variable from another section with ${sectionname:varname} to re-use a once defined value. This is especially handy, when dealing with directories (basedir, appdir). buildout example:

['foo']
  path = /highway/to/hell

['bar']
  path = ${foo:path}/lastexit

When I try to reference another variable in an .sls file, even if it is in the same file, I get always None. salt example:

foo:
  path: /highway/to/hell

bar:
  path: {{ salt['pillar.get']('foo:path') }}/lastexit

salt-ssh minion1 pillar.get bar:path results in None/lastexit

I have the feeling, that I'm missing something here. Could someone point out, how one does re-use values in salt .sls

Upvotes: 0

Views: 410

Answers (1)

Starchy
Starchy

Reputation: 93

You can use jinja to assign a value, e.g.:

{% set base_path = salt['pillar.get']('foo:path','/highway/to/hell') %}

foo:
  path: {{ base_path }}

bar:
  path: {{ base_path }}/lastexit

In this case "/highway/to/hell" is set as a default in case no value is assigned in the pillar or no pillar is found. For more info, see https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/jinja/index.html

Upvotes: 0

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