Confused about grains.append

[Gary Tang]

The documentation on grains.append (http://salt.readthedocs.org/en/latest/ref/modules/all/salt.modules.grains.html) indicates that If the grain doesn't exist, the grain key is added and the value is appended to the new grain as a list item.

Using grains.append in the terminal (i.e. salt 'Dom' grains.append role test) seems to work properly, and creates the role if it does not exist, however when using it in the SLS, it doesn't seem to create the key if it does not exist

I am using the following to append the key:

collectd_role:

  grains.append:

    - value: collectd-client

    - name: role

Regards,

Phoenix

[Gary Tang]

nvm, fixed it