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Refactor a Salt Formula to Use Pillar

Pillar lets us store secure data we can then assign to our minions. Often, this is role-based data, but we can store operating-system based variable mapping within our pillar, as well. In this lab, we'll take an existing Apache formula and refactor it so all variable parameters are stored in pillar.

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Path Info

Level

Intermediate

Duration

30m

Published

May 21, 2021

Challenge

Review the Formula

Review the provided Apache formula.
Challenge

Rewrite the Formula

Refactor the formula to eliminate the map.jinja file and pull all templating and variables into pillar.
Challenge

Test the Formula

Test the formula by running it against the provided web-* servers.

Author

A Cloud Guru

The Cloud Content team comprises subject matter experts hyper focused on services offered by the leading cloud vendors (AWS, GCP, and Azure), as well as cloud-related technologies such as Linux and DevOps. The team is thrilled to share their knowledge to help you build modern tech solutions from the ground up, secure and optimize your environments, and so much more!

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