salt.pillar.reclass_adapter¶

Use the "reclass" database as a Pillar source

This ext_pillar plugin provides access to the reclass database, such that Pillar data for a specific minion are fetched using reclass.

You can find more information about reclass at http://reclass.pantsfullofunix.net.

To use the plugin, add it to the ext_pillar list in the Salt master config and tell reclass by way of a few options how and where to find the inventory:

ext_pillar:
    - reclass:
        storage_type: yaml_fs
        inventory_base_uri: /srv/salt

This would cause reclass to read the inventory from YAML files in /srv/salt/nodes and /srv/salt/classes.

If you are also using reclass as master_tops plugin, and you want to avoid having to specify the same information for both, use YAML anchors (take note of the differing data types for ext_pillar and master_tops):

reclass: &reclass
    storage_type: yaml_fs
    inventory_base_uri: /srv/salt
    reclass_source_path: ~/code/reclass

ext_pillar:
    - reclass: *reclass

master_tops:
    reclass: *reclass

If you want to run reclass from source, rather than installing it, you can either let the master know via the PYTHONPATH environment variable, or by setting the configuration option, like in the example above.

salt.pillar.reclass_adapter.ext_pillar(minion_id, pillar, **kwargs)¶

Obtain the Pillar data from reclass for the given minion_id.