# salt.modules.pillar

Extract the pillar data for this minion

salt.modules.pillar.data(*args, **kwargs)

  This function is an alias of `items`.

  > Calls the master for a fresh pillar and generates the pillar data on the fly

  > Contrast with `raw()` which returns the pillar data that is currently loaded into the minion.

  > pillar

  >   If specified, allows for a dictionary of pillar data to be made available to pillar and ext_pillar rendering. these pillar variables will also override any variables of the same name in pillar or ext_pillar.

  >   New in version 2015.5.0.

  > pillar_enc

  >   If specified, the data passed in the `pillar` argument will be passed through this renderer to decrypt it.

  >   Note

  >   This will decrypt on the minion side, so the specified renderer must be set up on the minion for this to work. Alternatively, pillar data can be decrypted master-side. For more information, see the Pillar Encryption documentation. Pillar data that is decrypted master-side, is not decrypted until the end of pillar compilation though, so minion-side decryption will be necessary if the encrypted pillar data must be made available in an decrypted state pillar/ext_pillar rendering.

  >   New in version 2017.7.0.

  > pillarenv

  >   Pass a specific pillar environment from which to compile pillar data. If not specified, then the minion's `pillarenv` option is not used, and if that also is not specified then all configured pillar environments will be merged into a single pillar dictionary and returned.

  >   New in version 2016.11.2.

  > saltenv

  >   Included only for compatibility with `pillarenv_from_saltenv`, and is otherwise ignored.

  > CLI Example:

  >     salt '*' pillar.items

salt.modules.pillar.ext(external, pillar=None)

  Changed in version 2016.3.6,2016.11.3,2017.7.0: The supported ext_pillar types are now tunable using the `on_demand_ext_pillar` config option. Earlier releases used a hard-coded default.

  Generate the pillar and apply an explicit external pillar

  external

    A single ext_pillar to add to the ext_pillar configuration. This must be passed as a single section from the ext_pillar configuration (see CLI examples below). For more complicated `ext_pillar` configurations, it can be helpful to use the Python shell to load YAML configuration into a dictionary, and figure out

        >>> import salt.utils.yaml
        >>> ext_pillar = salt.utils.yaml.safe_load("""
        ... ext_pillar:
        ...   - git:
        ...     - issue38440 https://github.com/terminalmage/git_pillar:
        ...       - env: base
        ... """)
        >>> ext_pillar
        {'ext_pillar': [{'git': [{'mybranch https://github.com/myuser/myrepo': [{'env': 'base'}]}]}]}
        >>> ext_pillar['ext_pillar'][0]
        {'git': [{'mybranch https://github.com/myuser/myrepo': [{'env': 'base'}]}]}

    In the above example, the value to pass would be `{'git': [{'mybranch https://github.com/myuser/myrepo': [{'env': 'base'}]}]}`. Note that this would need to be quoted when passing on the CLI (as in the CLI examples below).

  pillarNone

    If specified, allows for a dictionary of pillar data to be made available to pillar and ext_pillar rendering. These pillar variables will also override any variables of the same name in pillar or ext_pillar.

    New in version 2015.5.0.

  CLI Examples:

      salt '*' pillar.ext '{libvirt: _}'
      salt '*' pillar.ext "{'git': ['master https://github.com/myuser/myrepo']}"
      salt '*' pillar.ext "{'git': [{'mybranch https://github.com/myuser/myrepo': [{'env': 'base'}]}]}"

salt.modules.pillar.fetch(key, default=<Constant.NOT_SET>, merge=False, merge_nested_lists=None, delimiter=':', pillarenv=None, saltenv=None)

  New in version 0.14.

  Attempt to retrieve the named value from in-memory pillar data. If the pillar key is not present in the in-memory pillar, then the value specified in the `default` option (described below) will be returned.

  If the merge parameter is set to `True`, the default will be recursively merged into the returned pillar data.

  The value can also represent a value in a nested dict using a ":" delimiter for the dict. This means that if a dict in pillar looks like this:

      {'pkg': {'apache': 'httpd'}}

  To retrieve the value associated with the `apache` key in the `pkg` dict this key can be passed as:

      pkg:apache

  key

    The pillar key to get value from

  default

    The value specified by this option will be returned if the desired pillar key does not exist.

    If a default value is not specified, then it will be an empty string, unless `pillar_raise_on_missing` is set to `True`, in which case an error will be raised.

  merge`False`

    If `True`, the retrieved values will be merged into the passed default. When the default and the retrieved value are both dictionaries, the dictionaries will be recursively merged.

    New in version 2014.7.0.

    Changed in version 2016.3.7,2016.11.4,2017.7.0: If the default and the retrieved value are not of the same type, then merging will be skipped and the retrieved value will be returned. Earlier releases raised an error in these cases.

  merge_nested_lists

    If set to `False`, lists nested within the retrieved pillar dictionary will overwrite lists in `default`. If set to `True`, nested lists will be merged into lists in `default`. If unspecified (the default), this option is inherited from the `pillar_merge_lists` minion config option.

    Note

    This option is ignored when `merge` is set to `False`.

    New in version 2016.11.6.

  delimiter

    Specify an alternate delimiter to use when traversing a nested dict. This is useful for when the desired key contains a colon. See CLI example below for usage.

    New in version 2014.7.0.

  pillarenv

    If specified, this function will query the master to generate fresh pillar data on the fly, specifically from the requested pillar environment. Note that this can produce different pillar data than executing this function without an environment, as its normal behavior is just to return a value from minion's pillar data in memory (which can be sourced from more than one pillar environment).

    Using this argument will not affect the pillar data in memory. It will however be slightly slower and use more resources on the master due to the need for the master to generate and send the minion fresh pillar data. This tradeoff in performance however allows for the use case where pillar data is desired only from a single environment.

    New in version 2017.7.0.

  saltenv

    Included only for compatibility with `pillarenv_from_saltenv`, and is otherwise ignored.

    New in version 2017.7.0.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' pillar.get pkg:apache
      salt '*' pillar.get abc::def|ghi delimiter='|'

salt.modules.pillar.file_exists(path, saltenv=None)

  New in version 2016.3.0.

  This is a master-only function. Calling from the minion is not supported.

  Use the given path and search relative to the pillar environments to see if a file exists at that path.

  If the `saltenv` argument is given, restrict search to that environment only.

  Will only work with `pillar_roots`, not external pillars.

  Returns True if the file is found, and False otherwise.

  path

    The path to the file in question. Will be treated as a relative path

  saltenv

    Optional argument to restrict the search to a specific saltenv

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' pillar.file_exists foo/bar.sls

salt.modules.pillar.filter_by(lookup_dict, pillar, merge=None, default='default', base=None)

  New in version 2017.7.0.

  Look up the given pillar in a given dictionary and return the result

  Parameters:

    - lookup_dict --

      A dictionary, keyed by a pillar, containing a value or values relevant to systems matching that pillar. For example, a key could be a pillar for a role and the value could the name of a package on that particular OS.

      The dictionary key can be a globbing pattern. The function will return the corresponding `lookup_dict` value where the pillar value matches the pattern. For example:

          # this will render 'got some salt' if ``role`` begins with 'salt'
          salt '*' pillar.filter_by '{salt*: got some salt, default: salt is not here}' role

    - pillar --

      The name of a pillar to match with the system's pillar. For example, the value of the "role" pillar could be used to pull values from the `lookup_dict` dictionary.

      The pillar value can be a list. The function will return the `lookup_dict` value for a first found item in the list matching one of the `lookup_dict` keys.

    - merge -- A dictionary to merge with the results of the pillar selection from `lookup_dict`. This allows another dictionary to override the values in the `lookup_dict`.

    - default -- default lookup_dict's key used if the pillar does not exist or if the pillar value has no match on lookup_dict. If unspecified the value is "default".

    - base -- A lookup_dict key to use for a base dictionary. The pillar-selected `lookup_dict` is merged over this and then finally the `merge` dictionary is merged. This allows common values for each case to be collected in the base and overridden by the pillar selection dictionary and the merge dictionary. Default is unset.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' pillar.filter_by '{web: Serve it up, db: I query, default: x_x}' role

salt.modules.pillar.get(key, default=<Constant.NOT_SET>, merge=False, merge_nested_lists=None, delimiter=':', pillarenv=None, saltenv=None)

  New in version 0.14.

  Attempt to retrieve the named value from in-memory pillar data. If the pillar key is not present in the in-memory pillar, then the value specified in the `default` option (described below) will be returned.

  If the merge parameter is set to `True`, the default will be recursively merged into the returned pillar data.

  The value can also represent a value in a nested dict using a ":" delimiter for the dict. This means that if a dict in pillar looks like this:

      {'pkg': {'apache': 'httpd'}}

  To retrieve the value associated with the `apache` key in the `pkg` dict this key can be passed as:

      pkg:apache

  key

    The pillar key to get value from

  default

    The value specified by this option will be returned if the desired pillar key does not exist.

    If a default value is not specified, then it will be an empty string, unless `pillar_raise_on_missing` is set to `True`, in which case an error will be raised.

  merge`False`

    If `True`, the retrieved values will be merged into the passed default. When the default and the retrieved value are both dictionaries, the dictionaries will be recursively merged.

    New in version 2014.7.0.

    Changed in version 2016.3.7,2016.11.4,2017.7.0: If the default and the retrieved value are not of the same type, then merging will be skipped and the retrieved value will be returned. Earlier releases raised an error in these cases.

  merge_nested_lists

    If set to `False`, lists nested within the retrieved pillar dictionary will overwrite lists in `default`. If set to `True`, nested lists will be merged into lists in `default`. If unspecified (the default), this option is inherited from the `pillar_merge_lists` minion config option.

    Note

    This option is ignored when `merge` is set to `False`.

    New in version 2016.11.6.

  delimiter

    Specify an alternate delimiter to use when traversing a nested dict. This is useful for when the desired key contains a colon. See CLI example below for usage.

    New in version 2014.7.0.

  pillarenv

    If specified, this function will query the master to generate fresh pillar data on the fly, specifically from the requested pillar environment. Note that this can produce different pillar data than executing this function without an environment, as its normal behavior is just to return a value from minion's pillar data in memory (which can be sourced from more than one pillar environment).

    Using this argument will not affect the pillar data in memory. It will however be slightly slower and use more resources on the master due to the need for the master to generate and send the minion fresh pillar data. This tradeoff in performance however allows for the use case where pillar data is desired only from a single environment.

    New in version 2017.7.0.

  saltenv

    Included only for compatibility with `pillarenv_from_saltenv`, and is otherwise ignored.

    New in version 2017.7.0.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' pillar.get pkg:apache
      salt '*' pillar.get abc::def|ghi delimiter='|'

salt.modules.pillar.item(*args, **kwargs)

  New in version 0.16.2.

  Return one or more pillar entries from the in-memory pillar data.

  delimiter

    Delimiter used to traverse nested dictionaries.

    Note

    This is different from `pillar.get` in that no default value can be specified. `pillar.get` should probably still be used in most cases to retrieve nested pillar values, as it is a bit more flexible. One reason to use this function instead of `pillar.get` however is when it is desirable to retrieve the values of more than one key, since `pillar.get` can only retrieve one key at a time.

    New in version 2015.8.0.

  pillarenv

    If specified, this function will query the master to generate fresh pillar data on the fly, specifically from the requested pillar environment. Note that this can produce different pillar data than executing this function without an environment, as its normal behavior is just to return a value from minion's pillar data in memory (which can be sourced from more than one pillar environment).

    Using this argument will not affect the pillar data in memory. It will however be slightly slower and use more resources on the master due to the need for the master to generate and send the minion fresh pillar data. This tradeoff in performance however allows for the use case where pillar data is desired only from a single environment.

    New in version 2017.7.6,2018.3.1.

  saltenv

    Included only for compatibility with `pillarenv_from_saltenv`, and is otherwise ignored.

    New in version 2017.7.6,2018.3.1.

  CLI Examples:

      salt '*' pillar.item foo
      salt '*' pillar.item foo:bar
      salt '*' pillar.item foo bar baz

salt.modules.pillar.items(*args, **kwargs)

  Calls the master for a fresh pillar and generates the pillar data on the fly

  Contrast with `raw()` which returns the pillar data that is currently loaded into the minion.

  pillar

    If specified, allows for a dictionary of pillar data to be made available to pillar and ext_pillar rendering. these pillar variables will also override any variables of the same name in pillar or ext_pillar.

    New in version 2015.5.0.

  pillar_enc

    If specified, the data passed in the `pillar` argument will be passed through this renderer to decrypt it.

    Note

    This will decrypt on the minion side, so the specified renderer must be set up on the minion for this to work. Alternatively, pillar data can be decrypted master-side. For more information, see the Pillar Encryption documentation. Pillar data that is decrypted master-side, is not decrypted until the end of pillar compilation though, so minion-side decryption will be necessary if the encrypted pillar data must be made available in an decrypted state pillar/ext_pillar rendering.

    New in version 2017.7.0.

  pillarenv

    Pass a specific pillar environment from which to compile pillar data. If not specified, then the minion's `pillarenv` option is not used, and if that also is not specified then all configured pillar environments will be merged into a single pillar dictionary and returned.

    New in version 2016.11.2.

  saltenv

    Included only for compatibility with `pillarenv_from_saltenv`, and is otherwise ignored.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' pillar.items

salt.modules.pillar.keys(key, delimiter=':')

  New in version 2015.8.0.

  Attempt to retrieve a list of keys from the named value from the pillar.

  The value can also represent a value in a nested dict using a ":" delimiter for the dict, similar to how pillar.get works.

  delimiter

    Specify an alternate delimiter to use when traversing a nested dict

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' pillar.keys web:sites

salt.modules.pillar.ls(*args)

  New in version 2015.8.0.

  Calls the master for a fresh pillar, generates the pillar data on the fly (same as `items()`), but only shows the available main keys.

  CLI Examples:

      salt '*' pillar.ls

salt.modules.pillar.obfuscate(*args)

  New in version 2015.8.0.

  Same as `items()`, but replace pillar values with a simple type indication.

  This is useful to avoid displaying sensitive information on console or flooding the console with long output, such as certificates. For many debug or control purposes, the stakes lie more in dispatching than in actual values.

  In case the value is itself a collection type, obfuscation occurs within the value. For mapping types, keys are not obfuscated. Here are some examples:

  - `'secret password'` becomes `'<str>'`

  - `['secret', 1]` becomes `['<str>', '<int>']`

  - `{'login': 'somelogin', 'pwd': 'secret'}` becomes `{'login': '<str>', 'pwd': '<str>'}`

  CLI Examples:

      salt '*' pillar.obfuscate

salt.modules.pillar.raw(key=None)

  Return the raw pillar data that is currently loaded into the minion.

  Contrast with `items()` which calls the master to fetch the most up-to-date Pillar.

  CLI Example:

      salt '*' pillar.raw

  With the optional key argument, you can select a subtree of the pillar raw data.:

      salt '*' pillar.raw key='roles'