Chapter 4
Expanding States with Jinja and Pillar
Section 5
Configuring States Using Pillar
Before beginning this video, please copy the file `4.5-sources/01-master-files/srv/salt/apache/welcome.sls` into the corresponding `/srv/salt/apache/welcome.sls` directory on your Salt Master. A small change was made to obtain the "name" variable from Pillar which will be demonstrated in the video. The additional state to check Pillar values will be explained toward the end of the video. The aim of this video is to use Jinja and YAML to create minion specific data. - Take a look at the pros and cons of storing data on the master versus storing data on the minion - Learn passing pillar data in the CLI to override values and use pillar for securing data - Explore how to create map files inside pillar