Using a Git Repository as a Pillar source in SaltStack

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This is the page that got me up and running using GitLab as my Pillar source in Salt: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/pillar/all/salt.pillar.git_pillar.html#module-salt.pillar.git_pillar

More specifically, this section here: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/pillar/all/salt.pillar.git_pillar.html#configuring-git-pillar-for-salt-releases-2015-8-0-and-later

And finally, this page for using Pillars. Don't use this one for setting it up with GitLab: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/tutorials/pillar.html#pillar-walkthrough

In my GitLab, it's salt/pillars.

I added the following to my /etc/salt/master.d/custom.conf file:

ext_pillar:
  - git:
    - master [email protected]:username/salt.git:
      - root: pillars
      - pubkey: /etc/salt/master.d/ssh-git-ro.pub
      - privkey: /etc/salt/master.d/ssh-git-ro.priv

My salt/pillars/top.sls file:

{{saltenv}}:
  '*':
    - data

Note that the above top.sls is just a test. It assigns the salt/pillars/data.sls file to all minions.

My data.sls file only contains the following:

info: some data

Now you can start using Pillar data in States as shown in that last link, the Walkthrough.

And for Pillar encryption: https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/pillar/#pillar-encryption