Custom pillar module that reads data from simple ini file.

settings.py

#!py

# no globbing or extended matching of minion names
# ini format:
#[DEFAULT]
#sshd_port=22
#
#[server1]
#sshd_port=10022



# Import python libs
import collections
import logging

import ConfigParser

log = logging.getLogger(__name__)

Config = ConfigParser.ConfigParser()
Config.read("/etc/salt/pillar/settings.ini")

# read defaults
default=dict(Config.items('DEFAULT'))

def run():
    pillar={}
    # read other sections
    sections=Config.sections()
    for section in sections:
        pillar[section]=dict(Config.items(section))

    return pillar.get(__grains__['id'], default)