salt.tops.saltclass

Saltclass Configuration

master_tops:
  saltclass:
    path: /srv/saltclass

Description

This module clones the behaviour of reclass (http://reclass.pantsfullofunix.net/), without the need of an external app, and add several features to improve flexibility. Saltclass lets you define your nodes from simple yaml files (.yml) through hierarchical class inheritance with the possibility to override pillars down the tree.

Features

• Define your nodes through hierarchical class inheritance

• Reuse your reclass datas with minimal modifications

  • applications => states

  • parameters => pillars

• Use Jinja templating in your yaml definitions

• Access to the following Salt objects in Jinja

  • __opts__

  • __salt__

  • __grains__

  • __pillars__

  • minion_id

• Chose how to merge or override your lists using ^ character (see examples)

• Expand variables ${} with possibility to escape them if needed ${} (see examples)

• Ignores missing node/class and will simply return empty without breaking the pillar module completely - will be logged

An example subset of datas is available here: http://git.mauras.ch/salt/saltclass/src/master/examples

A class consists of:

• zero or more parent classes

• zero or more states

• any number of pillars

A child class can override pillars from a parent class. A node definition is a class in itself with an added environment parameter for saltenv definition.

Class names

Class names mimic salt way of defining states and pillar files. This means that default.users class name will correspond to one of these:

• <saltclass_path>/classes/default/users.yml

• <saltclass_path>/classes/default/users/init.yml

Saltclass file hierarchy

A saltclass tree would look like this:

<saltclass_path>
├── classes
│   ├── app
│   │   ├── borgbackup.yml
│   │   └── ssh
│   │       └── server.yml
│   ├── default
│   │   ├── init.yml
│   │   ├── motd.yml
│   │   └── users.yml
│   ├── roles
│   │   ├── app.yml
│   │   └── nginx
│   │       ├── init.yml
│   │       └── server.yml
│   └── subsidiaries
│       ├── gnv.yml
│       ├── qls.yml
│       └── zrh.yml
└── nodes
    ├── geneva
    │   └── gnv.node1.yml
    ├── lausanne
    │   ├── qls.node1.yml
    │   └── qls.node2.yml
    ├── node127.yml
    └── zurich
        ├── zrh.node1.yml
        ├── zrh.node2.yml
        └── zrh.node3.yml

Saltclass Examples

<saltclass_path>/nodes/lausanne/qls.node1.yml

environment: base

classes:
{% for class in ['default'] %}
  - {{ class }}
{% endfor %}
  - subsidiaries.{{ __grains__['id'].split('.')[0] }}

<saltclass_path>/classes/default/init.yml

classes:
  - default.users
  - default.motd

states:
  - openssh

pillars:
  default:
    network:
      dns:
        srv1: 192.168.0.1
        srv2: 192.168.0.2
        domain: example.com
    ntp:
      srv1: 192.168.10.10
      srv2: 192.168.10.20

<saltclass_path>/classes/subsidiaries/gnv.yml

pillars:
  default:
    network:
      sub: Geneva
      dns:
        srv1: 10.20.0.1
        srv2: 10.20.0.2
        srv3: 192.168.1.1
        domain: gnv.example.com
    users:
      adm1:
        uid: 1210
        gid: 1210
        gecos: 'Super user admin1'
        homedir: /srv/app/adm1
      adm3:
        uid: 1203
        gid: 1203
        gecos: 'Super user adm

Variable expansions

Escaped variables are rendered as is: ${test}

Missing variables are rendered as is: ${net:dns:srv2}

pillars:
  app:
  config:
    dns:
      srv1: ${default:network:dns:srv1}
      srv2: ${net:dns:srv2}
    uri: https://application.domain/call?\${test}
    prod_parameters:
      - p1
      - p2
      - p3
  pkg:
    - app-core
    - app-backend

List override

Not using ^ as the first entry will simply merge the lists

pillars:
  app:
    pkg:
      - ^
      - app-frontend

salt.tops.saltclass.top(**kwargs)

Compile tops