auto-assign states to a minion based on cluster name if they exist on the master. The concept shamelessly copied from another community member.

top.sls.yaml

  {# ######################################################################################### #}
  {# ######################################################################################### #}
  {# this block of code auto applies salt states to a given minion if they exist on the master #}
  {% set id = grains['id'] %}
  {# web01 host id = 'web' cluster id, allow a custom grain or pillar named 'cluster' to override #}
  {% set cluster = salt['config.get']('cluster', id.split('.')[0].rstrip('0123456789')) %}

  {# all available states on the master #}
  {% set states = salt['cp.list_master']() %}

  {% set toApply = [] %}

  {# clusters/web/init.sls #}
  {% if 'clusters/{0}/init.sls'.format(cluster) in states %}
    {% if toApply.append('clusters.{0}'.format(cluster)) %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endif %}
  {# clusters/web/web01.sls #}
  {% if 'clusters/{0}/{1}.sls'.format(cluster, id) in states %}
    {% if toApply.append('clusters.{0}.{1}'.format(cluster, id)) %}
    {% endif %}
  {% endif %}

  {# if list is not empty #}
  {% if toApply %}
  '{{ id }}':
    {% for a in toApply %}
    - {{ a }}
    {% endfor %}
  {%- endif %}