Parameterising salt sls files

[jm]

I've found how to pass parameters into sls files by first creating a
file with

#!stateconf yaml . jinja

.params:
stateconf.set:
package: default
start_cmd: default
conf_file: default
conf_tmpl: default

then in the sls file your calling it from,

include:
.firstfile

extends:
.firstfile:
stateconf.set:
- package: apkg
- start_cmd: /usr/bin/runit

This limits the re-use to one. It would be better to be able to do,

setup-rsyslog:
state.sls:
- name: firstfile
- params:
- package: rsyslog
- start_cmd: /sbin/rsyslogd -i /var/run/syslogd.pid -c 5 -n
- conf_file: /etc/rsyslog.conf
- conf_tmpl: salt://path/files/rsyslog.conf

setup-cron:
state.sls:
- name: firstfile
- params:
- package: cronie
- start_cmd: /usr/sbin/crond -n

Not only is it clearer, this would allow the use of the sls file
multiple times and to be able to treat it in the same manner as a state.
is there a way to do this?


Jeff.

[Adam Mendlik]

It is possible to include SLS files and pass parameters into the namespace of the included file like this:

{% with

  package="rsyslog",

  start_cmd="/sbin/rsyslogd -i /var/run/syslogd.pid -c 5 -n",

  conf_file="/etc/rsyslog.conf",

  conf_tmpl="salt://path/files/rsyslog.conf"

-%}

{% include "firstfile.sls" -%}

{% endwith -%}

Each of those four variables will be present in the namespace when firstfile.sls is rendered.

[jm]

Can I do that, say, five times in the same file or is it can it only be used once?

Jeff.

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[Adam Mendlik]

You can include it multiple times in the same file, or from different files. The only trick is that the state ID must still be globally unique. That can be achieved in various ways, but typically you would include one or more of the passed variables in the state ID.

[jm]

Thanks. I'll give that a go.

Jeff.