minions

config

 Line 16 was changed on each run, to demo each as the default ext_job_cache. All ports are reachable, and dns name of mongo resolves correctly.  Python from within the virtualenvironment is able to import the relative rivers
 
 16 ext_job_cache: [mongo|memcache|redis]
 17
 18 memcache.host: 10.3.10.4
 19 memcache.port: '11211'
 20
 21 redis.host: 10.3.10.4
 22 redis.db: 0
 23 redis.port: 6379
 24
 25 mongo.db: salt
 26 mongo.host: mongo
 27 mongo.port: 27017

memcache

[INFO    ] User root Executing command test.ping with jid 20150706130102338568
[DEBUG   ] Command details {'tgt_type': 'glob', 'jid': '20150706130102338568', 'tgt': '*', 'ret': 'memcache', 'user': 'root', 'arg': [], 'fun': 'test.ping'}
[INFO    ] Starting a new job with PID 17682
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded test.ping
[INFO    ] Returning information for job: 20150706130102338568
[DEBUG   ] Re-using SAuth for ('/home/jalons/salt/etc/salt/pki/minion', 'minion.domain.tld', 'tcp://127.0.0.1:14506')
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded memcache.returner
[DEBUG   ] memcache server: :
[ERROR   ] Host or port not defined in salt config
[ERROR   ] The return failed for job 20150706130102338568 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set'
[ERROR   ] Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/minion.py", line 1238, in _thread_return
    )](ret)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/memcache_return.py", line 119, in returner
    serv.set('{0}:{1}'.format(ret['id'], ret['jid']), json.dumps(ret))
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'set'

mongo

[INFO    ] User root Executing command test.ping with jid 20150706130003155202
[DEBUG   ] Command details {'tgt_type': 'glob', 'jid': '20150706130003155202', 'tgt': '*', 'ret': 'mongo', 'user': 'root', 'arg': [], 'fun': 'test.ping'}
[INFO    ] Starting a new job with PID 17091
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded test.ping
[INFO    ] Returning information for job: 20150706130003155202
[DEBUG   ] Re-using SAuth for ('/home/jalons/salt/etc/salt/pki/minion', 'minion.domain.tld', 'tcp://127.0.0.1:14506')
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded mongo.returner
[ERROR   ] The return failed for job 20150706130003155202 [Errno -2] Name or service not known
[ERROR   ] Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/minion.py", line 1238, in _thread_return
    )](ret)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/mongo_future_return.py", line 147, in returner
    conn, mdb = _get_conn(ret)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/mongo_future_return.py", line 128, in _get_conn
    conn = pymongo.Connection(host, port)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymongo/connection.py", line 236, in __init__
    max_pool_size, document_class, tz_aware, _connect, **kwargs)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/pymongo/mongo_client.py", line 369, in __init__
    raise ConnectionFailure(str(e))
ConnectionFailure: [Errno -2] Name or service not known

redis_client

[INFO    ] User root Executing command test.ping with jid 20150706125850004837
[DEBUG   ] Command details {'tgt_type': 'glob', 'jid': '20150706125850004837', 'tgt': '*', 'ret': 'redis', 'user': 'root', 'arg': [], 'fun': 'test.ping'}
[INFO    ] Starting a new job with PID 16464
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded test.ping
[INFO    ] Returning information for job: 20150706125850004837
[DEBUG   ] Re-using SAuth for ('/home/jalons/salt/etc/salt/pki/minion', 'minion.domain.tld', 'tcp://127.0.0.1:14506')
[DEBUG   ] LazyLoaded redis.returner
[ERROR   ] The return failed for job 20150706125850004837 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'
[ERROR   ] Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/minion.py", line 1238, in _thread_return
    )](ret)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/redis_return.py", line 100, in returner
    serv = _get_serv(ret)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/redis_return.py", line 85, in _get_serv
    _options = _get_options(ret)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/redis_return.py", line 77, in _get_options
    __opts__=__opts__)
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/__init__.py", line 85, in get_returner_options
    attrs,
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/__init__.py", line 170, in _options_browser
    value = _fetch_option(cfg, ret_config, virtualname, options[option])
  File "/root/saltvenv/lib/python2.7/site-packages/salt/returners/__init__.py", line 136, in _fetch_option
    return c_cfg.get(default_cfg_key, cfg(default_cfg_key))
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'get'