Passing variables from command line

[ig...@xorops.com]

How can I pass variables to module from command line?

I tried like this:

salt target state.sls module var1=value

and then in module use it like {{ var1 }} but it doesn't work.

Thanks.

Regards,

Igor

[Erik Johnson]

To my knowledge this is not possible. Also, just to get the terminology clear, the "module" you are referring to is not a module, it's an SLS file.

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[Paul Traylor]

2013/4/12 Erik Johnson <pale...@gmail.com>:

> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 6:54 AM, <ig...@xorops.com> wrote:
>
>> How can I pass variables to module from command line?
>>
>> I tried like this:
>>
>> salt target state.sls module var1=value
>>
>> and then in module use it like {{ var1 }} but it doesn't work.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Igor
>>
>
> To my knowledge this is not possible. Also, just to get the terminology
> clear, the "module" you are referring to is not a module, it's an SLS file.

> -Erik

https://salt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/releases/0.13.0.html
You could specify an extra pillar value from the CLI

salt * state.highstate pillar='{"cheese": "spam"}'

Depending on how you have structured your sls files and pillar values
that could work.


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[Erik Johnson]

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:20 AM, Paul Traylor <kungfudi...@gmail.com> wrote:

https://salt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/topics/releases/0.13.0.html
You could specify an extra pillar value from the CLI

salt * state.highstate pillar='{"cheese": "spam"}'

Depending on how you have structured your sls files and pillar values
that could work.


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Holy crap, that's awesome. I regularly write code for Salt and I did not know this. Thanks!

[ig...@xorops.com]

Thanks, can I use this with state.sls?

If another command is triggered at the same time will it have ability to overwrite values of other?

Is this only in-memory for duration of that command or is stored somewhere?

On Friday, April 12, 2013 6:20:41 PM UTC+2, KFDM wrote:

2013/4/12 Erik Johnson <pale...@gmail.com>:

[ig...@xorops.com]

This simple PoC is working, if anybody requires this. 

salt host1 state.sls state1 pillar='{"nics": ["eth0", "eth1", "eth2"]}'

{% for nic in pillar['nics'] %}

{{ nic }}:

  module.run:

  - name: network.hwaddr

  - iface: {{ nic }}

{% endfor %}

[ashish...@opcito.com]

Hi,

I tried passing the variables on salt version "salt 2015.8.8.2 (Beryllium)" but the command fails to execute.

Is there a change in the way this is done in latest release ?

This is how I tried, which didn't work::

sudo salt 'test-server-1' state.sls server-1 pillar='{"host1": "server-1.example.com"}' -l debug

And here is the output of the command::

[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master

[DEBUG   ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: salt

[DEBUG   ] Key 'file_ignore_glob' with value None has an invalid type of NoneType, a list is required for this value

[DEBUG   ] Missing configuration file: /home/ubuntu/.saltrc

[DEBUG   ] Key 'file_ignore_glob' with value None has an invalid type of NoneType, a list is required for this value

[DEBUG   ] Configuration file path: /etc/salt/master

[WARNING ] Insecure logging configuration detected! Sensitive data may be logged.

[DEBUG   ] Reading configuration from /etc/salt/master

[DEBUG   ] Using cached minion ID from /etc/salt/minion_id: salt

[DEBUG   ] Key 'file_ignore_glob' with value None has an invalid type of NoneType, a list is required for this value

[DEBUG   ] Missing configuration file: /home/ubuntu/.saltrc

[DEBUG   ] Key 'file_ignore_glob' with value None has an invalid type of NoneType, a list is required for this value

[DEBUG   ] MasterEvent PUB socket URI: ipc:///var/run/salt/master/master_event_pub.ipc

[DEBUG   ] MasterEvent PULL socket URI: ipc:///var/run/salt/master/master_event_pull.ipc

[DEBUG   ] Initializing new AsyncZeroMQReqChannel for ('/etc/salt/pki/master', 'salt_master', 'tcp://127.0.0.1:4506', 'clear')

No minions matched the target. No command was sent, no jid was assigned.

[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded nested.output

ERROR: No return received

Please help me solve this.

Thanks in advance.

Regards,

apapap

[Colton Myers]

Your syntax looks correct. You might be running into a different issue. Does the command work without sending in the custom pillar?

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[Shane Lee]

Are you referencing the pillar data in your state file?