How to use asterisk (*) in saltstack pillar function declaration in top.sls file?

Question

I am new to saltstack automation and was wondering if there is a way to use asterisk (*) in saltstack pillar function declaration. Let me explain you all the details.

My pillar root for prod environment is

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# grep -i pillar_root -A3 /etc/salt/master 
pillar_roots:
  prod:
    - /srv/pillar
======

I have top.sls file in /srv/pillar directory and the content of the file is given below.

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# cat /srv/pillar/top.sls
prod:
  '*':
    - user.avatar_user
    - user.avatar_sudo_user
======

I will be adding *.sls files in /srv/pillar/user/ directory. However, please let me know if there is a way like this

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prod:
  '*':
    - user.*
======

Thus, I won't need to add corresponding sls entries in top.sls.

Answer 1

You can't use the syntax you're wanting.

You could use jinja to shell out and list any files in that directory. That would probably look something like this: Contents of /srv/pillar/top.sls:

{% user_pillars = salt['cmd.run']('ls /srv/pillar/user*').split() %}

prod:
  '*':
{% for dir in user_pillars %}
    - {{ dir }}
{% endfor %}

I haven't tested this exact code, but it should be close to that.

Answer 2

You could make a user/init.sls file, which explicitly includes the rest of the user files in its directory. Then all you would need to do in the top.sls file is include:

prod:
  '*':
    - user