cloud.profiles

→ cat /etc/salt/cloud.profiles 
base_ec2:
# Set Salt master
  provider: ec2
  image: ami-9eaa1cf6

cloud.provider

→ cat /etc/salt/cloud.providers 
ec2:
  log_level: all
  # The EC2 API authentication id
  id: MYID
  # The EC2 API authentication key
  key: MYKEY
  # The ssh keyname to use
  keyname: Bretts_Key
  # The location of the private key which corresponds to the keyname
  private_key: /Users/bswaim/.ssh/id_rsa

  # SSH Gateways can be used with this provider. Gateways can be used
  # when a salt-master is not on the same private network as the instance
  # that is being deployed.

  # Defaults to None
  # Required
  ssh_gateway: Management-SSH-ELB-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com

  # Defaults to port 22
  # Optional
  ssh_gateway_port: 5022

  # Defaults to root
  # Optional
  ssh_gateway_username: ubuntu

  # One authentication method is required. If both
  # are specified, Private key wins.

  # Private key defaults to None
  ssh_gateway_private_key: /Users/bswaim/.ssh/id_rsa

  provider: ec2
  size: t2.micro
  #del_root_vol_on_destroy: True
  subnetid: subnet-0dbc2237
  securitygroupid:
    - sg-b7b054d3

  #script: bootstrap-salt
  #script_args: -L -U -A 172.16.5.200

Output

<DescribeTagsResponse xmlns="http://ec2.amazonaws.com/doc/2013-10-01/">
    <requestId>bac42fb9-49bb-4bf6-a284-729fe309f664</requestId>
    <tagSet>
        <item>
            <resourceId>i-059b58ec</resourceId>
            <resourceType>instance</resourceType>
            <key>Name</key>
            <value>minion5</value>
        </item>
    </tagSet>
</DescribeTagsResponse>
[DEBUG   ] Setting the tags returned: [{'resourceType': 'instance', 'resourceId': 'i-059b58ec', 'value': 'minion5', 'key': 'Name'}]
[INFO    ] Created node minion5
[INFO    ] Salt node data. Private_ip: 172.16.7.69
[DEBUG   ] MasterEvent PUB socket URI: ipc:///var/run/salt/master/master_event_pub.ipc
[DEBUG   ] MasterEvent PULL socket URI: ipc:///var/run/salt/master/master_event_pull.ipc
[DEBUG   ] Sending event - data = {'_stamp': '2014-11-23T20:25:34.315984', 'ip_address': '172.16.7.69', 'event': 'waiting for ssh'}
[DEBUG   ] Attempting connection to host 172.16.7.69 on port 22 via gateway Management-SSH-ELB-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com on port 5022
[DEBUG   ] Gateway Management-SSH-ELB-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com on port 5022 is reachable.
[DEBUG   ] SSH command: "ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -oControlPath=none -oPasswordAuthentication=no -oChallengeResponseAuthentication=no -oPubkeyAuthentication=yes -oKbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -i /Users/bswaim/.ssh/id_rsa ubuntu@Management-SSH-ELB-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com -p 5022 'nc -z -w5 -q0 172.16.7.69 22'"
[DEBUG   ] Child Forked! PID: 1725  STDOUT_FD: 7  STDERR_FD: 9
[DEBUG   ] Terminal Command: /bin/sh -c ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -oControlPath=none -oPasswordAuthentication=no -oChallengeResponseAuthentication=no -oPubkeyAuthentication=yes -oKbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -i /Users/bswaim/.ssh/id_rsa ubuntu@Management-SSH-ELB-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com -p 5022 date
[DEBUG   ] Warning: Permanently added '[management-ssh-elb-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com]:5022,[54.210.160.190]:5022' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
[DEBUG   ] Mon Nov 24 04:25:47 UTC 2014
[DEBUG   ] Child Forked! PID: 1726  STDOUT_FD: 7  STDERR_FD: 9
[DEBUG   ] Terminal Command: /bin/sh -c ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -oControlPath=none -oPasswordAuthentication=no -oChallengeResponseAuthentication=no -oPubkeyAuthentication=yes -oKbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -i /Users/bswaim/.ssh/id_rsa ubuntu@Management-SSH-ELB-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com -p 5022 'nc -z -w5 -q0 172.16.7.69 22'
[DEBUG   ] Warning: Permanently added '[management-ssh-elb-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com]:5022,[54.84.125.235]:5022' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
Error: There was a profile error: Command "ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -oUserKnownHostsFile=/dev/null -oControlPath=none -oPasswordAuthentication=no -oChallengeResponseAuthentication=no -oPubkeyAuthentication=yes -oKbdInteractiveAuthentication=no -i /Users/bswaim/.ssh/id_rsa ubuntu@Management-SSH-ELB-598707540.us-east-1.elb.amazonaws.com -p 5022 'nc -z -w5 -q0 172.16.7.69 22'" failed. Exit code: 1
(20:25:48) ○ [bswaim@Amy-2.local] /etc 
→ salt-cloud --versions
            Salt: 2014.7.0
          Python: 2.7.6 (default, Apr  8 2014, 15:00:35)
          Jinja2: 2.7.3
        M2Crypto: 0.22
  msgpack-python: 0.4.2
    msgpack-pure: Not Installed
        pycrypto: 2.6.1
         libnacl: Not Installed
          PyYAML: 3.11
           ioflo: Not Installed
           PyZMQ: 14.4.1
            RAET: Not Installed
             ZMQ: 4.0.5
            Mako: Not Installed
 Apache Libcloud: Not Installed