embeded

# And trying to be clever with iterkeys() over the dict:

{% for app in pillar.get('application') %}
{% for key, value in app.iteritems() %}
{{ key }}:
  pkg.installed:
    - name: {{ key }}
    - version: {{ value }}
{% endfor %}

{% endfor %}

error

m3.local:
    Data failed to compile:
----------
    Rendering SLS "Staging:deploy" failed: Unknown yaml render error; line 14

---
[...]


{'MyApp': 'Release.2.1.4.rc1'}:
  pkg.installed:
    - name: {'MyApp': 'Release.2.1.4.rc1'}
    - version: pillar.get( {'MyApp': 'Release.2.1.4.rc1'} )    <======================

pillar

m3.local:
    ----------
    application:
        ----------
        - MyApp:
            Release.2.1.4.rc1
        ----------
        - MyPackage:
            0.9.9

state file

{% for app in pillar.get('application') %}
{{ app }}:
  pkg.installed:
    - name: {{ app }}
    - version: pillar.get( {{ app }} )

{% endfor %}