gistfile1.txt

mysql:
  pkg:
    - installed
    - names:
      - mysql-server
      - mysql-client
    - require:
      - pkg: python-mysqldb
      - module: 'mysql-debconf'
  service:
    - enable: True
    - running
    - reload: True
    - watch:
      - file: /etc/mysql/my.cnf
    - require:
      - pkg: mysql

debconf-utils:
  pkg:
    - installed

python-mysqldb:
  pkg:
    - installed

mysql-debconf:
  - debconf.set_file:
    - source: salt://mysql/mysql-{{ grains['ec2_environment'] }}.sel
  - require:
    - pkg: debconf-utils

gistfile2.txt

    Name mysql-debconf in sls mysql is not a dictionary