README.md

Linode SaltStack External Pillar Module

An external pillar module using the Linode API for tag matching.

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt
python setup.py install

Usage

NOTE: Your minion IDs and Linode labels must match for this module to work!

In your salt master config's ext_pillar section, add a config like this:

ext_pillar:
  - linode_pillar:
      "token": "linodeapitokengoeshere"
      "account_name": "linodetest"

The account_name is an arbitrary name used to distinguish between accounts, if you have multiple.

Then restart your salt master. Tags should then be available as pillar values under the tags key. For example, if you have a Linode called salttest that has the tag web, under an account that you've named linodetest:

salttest:~# salt-call pillar.get tags
local:
    ----------
    linodetest:
        - web

You can then use this pillar data with salt's pillar matcher:

salt-master:~# salt -I "tags:linodetest:web" test.ping
salttest:
    True