Variable containing filename in file.managed state file ?

[Rainer Krienke]

Hello,

I just started with salt and I often use several source paths for a certain file so taht I can have different versions of the same file for different os variants or os releases.

A state file for a file /root/bin/myfile  then might look like this:

/root/bin/myscript:

  file.managed:

  -source:

      - salt://packageupdates/files/{{ grains['host'] }}/root/bin/myscript
      - salt://packageupdates/files/{{ grains['os_family'] }}/{{ grains['osfullname'] }}/{{ grains['osrelease'] }}/root/bin/myscript
      - salt://packageupdates/files/{{ grains['os_family'] }}/{{ grains['osfullname'] }}/root/bin/myscript
      - salt://packageupdates/files/root/bin/myscript

Now I would like to modify the last part of source path by inserting a variable that

contains the name of the state which is usually the filepath and name. This way  I could avoid the need to write the filename and path at each end of the source line:

     - salt://packageupdates/files/{{ grains['os_family'] }}/{{ grains['osfullname'] }}/{{ grains['osrelease'] }}/{{ statename }}

The question is, is there a variable for the filename (here: /root/bin/myscript) I can use as a reference like indicated by {{ statename }} from above? Is there somewhere a list of similar variables documented?

Thanks a lot

Rainer

[Dafydd Jones (techneg.it)]

Hi,

there is not a variable for the sls id, as far as I'm aware, although there are some built-in template variables available.

See: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/states/vars.html

Of course, you could set your own Jinja variable containing the value you need, and use it multiple times as needed.

HTH,

Dafydd

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[Rainer Krienke]

Good idea. It will make life easier...

Thank you very much

Rainer

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