Version 2015.5.0-1454-g6b0044a

Introduction to Salt
Installation
Tutorials
Targeting Minions
Storing Static Data in the Pillar
Reactor System
The Salt Mine
External Authentication System
Access Control System
Job Management
Managing the Job Cache
Storing Data in Other Databases
Salt Event System
Beacons
Running Custom Master Processes
Salt Syndic
Salt Proxy Minion Documentation
The RAET Transport
Windows Software Repository
Windows-specific Behaviour
Salt Cloud
netapi modules
Salt Virt
Understanding YAML
Master Tops System
Salt SSH
Salt Rosters
Reference
- Full list of builtin auth modules
- Command Line Reference
- Client ACL system
- Python client API
- Full list of Salt Cloud modules
- Configuration file examples
- Configuring Salt
- Configuring the Salt Master
- Configuring the Salt Minion
- Running the Salt Master/Minion as an Unprivileged User
- Logging
- External Logging Handlers
- Salt File Server
- Full list of builtin fileserver modules
- Salt code and internals
- Full list of builtin execution modules
- Full list of netapi modules
- Full list of builtin output modules
- Peer Communication
- Pillars
- Full list of builtin pillar modules
  - salt.pillar.cmd_json
  - salt.pillar.cmd_yaml
  - salt.pillar.cmd_yamlex
  - salt.pillar.cobbler
  - salt.pillar.django_orm
  - salt.pillar.ec2_pillar
  - salt.pillar.etcd_pillar
  - salt.pillar.file_tree
  - salt.pillar.foreman
  - salt.pillar.git_pillar
  - salt.pillar.hg_pillar
  - salt.pillar.hiera
  - salt.pillar.libvirt
  - salt.pillar.mongo
  - salt.pillar.mysql
  - salt.pillar.pepa
  - salt.pillar.pillar_ldap
  - salt.pillar.puppet
  - salt.pillar.reclass_adapter
  - salt.pillar.redismod
  - salt.pillar.s3
  - salt.pillar.svn_pillar
  - salt.pillar.varstack_pillar
  - salt.pillar.virtkey
- Renderers
- Returners
- Full list of builtin roster modules
- Salt Runners
- State Enforcement
- Full list of builtin state modules
- Execution Modules
- Master Tops
- Full list of builtin master tops modules
- Full list of builtin wheel modules
- Full list of builtin beacon modules
- Full list of builtin engine modules
- Full list of builtin sdb modules
Salt Best Practices
Troubleshooting
Developing Salt
Release notes
Salt Based Projects
Security disclosure policy
Frequently Asked Questions
Glossary

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salt.pillar.hiera¶

Use hiera data as a Pillar source

salt.pillar.hiera.ext_pillar(minion_id, pillar, conf)¶: Execute hiera and return the data