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# Put this in /srv/salt/_modules/myutils.py
# Call from Jinja with {{ salt['myutils.check_vals']() }}
 
def check_vals():
    if __pillar__['val'] != __pillar__['val2']:
        raise Exception("Invalid data!")

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{% if grains['hostname'] == 'myHost' %}
param1 = value1
{% elif grains['hostname'] == 'myOtherHost' %}
param1 = value2
{% else %}
param1 = value3
{% endif %}

You could also do:

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vts:
    file.managed:
    - name: /etc/apache2/sites-available/vts.cfg
    - source:   salt://webserver/vts.cfg

a2ensite_vts.cfg:
  cmd.run:
    - onlyif: test ! -L /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/vts.cfg
    - watch:
      - file: vts

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echo foo > /tmp/foo:
  cmd.run:
    - onlyif: test -e {{ pillar['some_file'] }}

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snmpd:
  pkg:
    - installed
  service:
    - running
    - name: snmpd
    - require:
      - pkg: snmpd
 
snmpd.conf:

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apache/files.sls #Here we manage our other files:
 
apache_conf:
  file.managed:
    - name: {{ pillar['pkgs_settings']['apache_sites_available'] }}/graphite
    - source: salt://graphite_server/files/apache/graphite
    - template: jinja

apache_link:
  file.symlink:

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apache/init.sls #This is simply our init which starts the service, and sets up this one managed file for the service (this could be broken out further):

apache_service:
  service:
    - name: {{ pillar['pkgs']['apache'] }}
    - enable: True
    - running

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apache/files.sls #Here we manage our other files:

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libmemcached-remove:
  pkg.removed:
    - name: libmemcached-dev
    - version: '<1.0.16-1'

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livedb_crons.sls
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/cron.livedb:
  file.directory:
    - user: root
    - group: root
    - mode: 644
    - makedirs: True

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{% for ab, ba in pillar['groups'].iteritems() %}
{% for i in ba %}
{{ i }}:
  group:
    - present
{% endfor %}
{% endfor %}