gistfile1.txt

[root@ip-172-28-1-148 reactor]# ll /var/cache/salt/master/git_pillar/repo-common-pillar
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 17 19:21 users

[root@ip-172-28-1-148 reactor]# ll /var/cache/salt/master/git_pillar/repo-common-pillar/users/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 568 Jun 17 19:21 cheald.sls

gistfile2.txt

2016-06-17 19:28:47,484 [salt.utils.gitfs ][DEBUG   ][29568] Set update lock for git_pillar remote 'master git@server:user/pillar-common.git'
2016-06-17 19:28:47,487 [salt.utils.gitfs ][DEBUG   ][29568] Fetching git_pillar remote 'master git@server:user/pillar-common.git'
2016-06-17 19:28:48,140 [salt.utils.gitfs ][DEBUG   ][29568] git_pillar remote 'master git@server:user/pillar-common.git' is up-to-date
2016-06-17 19:28:48,141 [salt.utils.gitfs ][DEBUG   ][29568] pygit2 does not support detecting stale refs for authenticated remotes, saltenvs will not reflect branches/tags removed from remote 'master git@server:user/pillar-common.git'
2016-06-17 19:28:48,141 [salt.utils.gitfs ][DEBUG   ][29568] Removed update lock for git_pillar remote 'master git@server:user/pillar-common.git'

2016-06-17 19:29:02,630 [salt.template    ][DEBUG   ][29622] Rendered data from file: /srv/pillar/users/roles/sysadmins.sls:
include:
  - users.cheald

2016-06-17 19:29:02,631 [salt.loaded.int.render.yaml][DEBUG   ][29622] Results of YAML rendering:
OrderedDict([('include', ['users.cheald'])])
2016-06-17 19:29:02,632 [salt.template    ][PROFILE ][29622] Time (in seconds) to render '/srv/pillar/users/roles/sysadmins.sls' using 'yaml' renderer: 0.00137591362
2016-06-17 19:29:02,632 [salt.pillar      ][ERROR   ][29622] Specified SLS 'users.cheald' in environment 'base' is not available on the salt master
2016-06-17 19:29:02,632 [salt.template    ][DEBUG   ][29622] compile template: False
2016-06-17 19:29:02,641 [salt.template    ][ERROR   ][29622] Template was specified incorrectly: False
2016-06-17 19:29:02,646 [salt.template    ][DEBUG   ][29622] compile template: /srv/pillar/ipsec/nodes.sls
2016-06-17 19:29:02,647 [salt.utils.jinja ][DEBUG   ][29622] Jinja search path: ['/srv/pillar']

2016-06-17 19:29:02,691 [salt.utils.gitfs ][DEBUG   ][29622] pygit2 git_pillar_provider enabled
2016-06-17 19:29:02,692 [salt.utils.lazy  ][DEBUG   ][29622] LazyLoaded git.ext_pillar
2016-06-17 19:29:02,694 [salt.loaded.int.pillar.git_pillar][DEBUG   ][29622] git_pillar is processing pillar SLS from /var/cache/salt/master/git_pillar/repo-common-pillar for pillar env 'base'
2016-06-17 19:29:02,731 [salt.utils.lazy  ][DEBUG   ][29622] LazyLoaded jinja.render
2016-06-17 19:29:02,732 [salt.utils.lazy  ][DEBUG   ][29622] LazyLoaded yaml.render
2016-06-17 19:29:02,735 [salt.pillar      ][CRITICAL][29622] Pillar render error: Specified SLS 'users.cheald' in environment 'base' is not available on the salt master

gistfile3.txt

[root@ip-172-28-1-148 reactor]# salt-master --versions-report
Salt Version:
           Salt: 2016.3.1

Dependency Versions:
           cffi: Not Installed
       cherrypy: Not Installed
       dateutil: Not Installed
          gitdb: Not Installed
      gitpython: Not Installed
          ioflo: Not Installed
         Jinja2: 2.7.2
        libgit2: 0.20.0
        libnacl: Not Installed
       M2Crypto: 0.21.1
           Mako: Not Installed
   msgpack-pure: Not Installed
 msgpack-python: 0.4.6
   mysql-python: Not Installed
      pycparser: Not Installed
       pycrypto: 2.6.1
         pygit2: 0.20.3
         Python: 2.6.9 (unknown, Dec 17 2015, 01:08:55)
   python-gnupg: 0.3.7
         PyYAML: 3.10
          PyZMQ: 14.5.0
           RAET: Not Installed
          smmap: Not Installed
        timelib: Not Installed
        Tornado: 4.2.1
            ZMQ: 4.0.5

System Versions:
           dist:
        machine: x86_64
        release: 4.1.17-22.30.amzn1.x86_64
         system: Linux
        version: Not Installed

gistfile4.txt

ext_pillar:
  - git:
    - "master git@server:user/pillar-common.git":
      - name: repo-common-pillar
      - env: base