gistfile1.txt

# This is an very poor solution.
# Don't use it.
# file: pillar/top.sls
##################################

base:
  '*':
    - default
    - users

  'fqdn:{{salt['grains.get']('fqdn') }}':                           
    - match: grain                                                  
    - fqdn.{{salt['grains.get']('fqdn').split('.')|join('_')}}

##################################
# path: pillar/fqdn/
# file: hostname_domain_com.sls
##################################

# As you can see here i use grains to get FQDN from minion and then match that
# to a file in pillar/fqdn/*.sls
#
# Reason for this is that i can overwrite pillars in pillar/default.sls
#
# How ever in case that a server is going to use pillar/default.sls it still needs a file
# in pillar/fqdn/ that matches its FQDN name that is empty. This causes some frustration.
#
# Problem:
# 1. In case /pillar/fqdn/hostname_domain_com.sls is missing it should just ignore it.
# 
# 2. Files that are located in pillar/fqdn are named hostname_domain_com.sls becuase salt uses dots
#    as sub-dir. This looks bad in the infra structure and is not ideal by any means.
#
# Suggestions on how to solve the 2 above problems would be greatly appritiated.