Clone a remote git repository and use the filesystem as a Pillar source
This external Pillar source can be configured in the master config file like so:
ext_pillar:
- git: master git://gitserver/git-pillar.git
Note that this is not the same thing as configuring pillar data using the pillar_roots parameter. The branch referenced in the ext_pillar entry above (master), would evaluate to the base environment, so this branch needs to contain a top.sls with a base section in it, like this:
base:
'*':
- foo
To use other environments from the same git repo as git_pillar sources, just add additional lines, like so:
ext_pillar:
- git: master git://gitserver/git-pillar.git
- git: dev git://gitserver/git-pillar.git
In this case, the dev branch would need its own top.sls with a dev section in it, like this:
dev:
'*':
- bar
Deal with the remote git repository for Pillar
Return a list of refs that can be used as environments
Ensure you are following the latest changes on the remote
Return boolean wether it worked
Return a list of refs that can be used as environments
Execute a command and read the output as YAML
Ensure you are following the latest changes on the remote
return boolean whether it worked
Current Salt release: 2014.1.6
Docs for previous releases on salt.rtfd.org.