gistfile1.txt

# salt 'CH22' saltutil.refresh_pillar
CH22:
    None

# cat /srv/pillar/tomcat/init.sls
instancename:
  - inst1
  - inst2

java_home: '/usr/java/jdk1.7.0_21'
catalina_base: '/usr/share/tomcat'
catalina_homeprefix: '/usr/share'
catalina_tmpdirprefix: '/var/cache'
catalina_pidprefix: '/var/run'

connector_port: 8666
tomcat_logprefix: /var/log
tomcat_instance_confdir: /tmp

# salt 'CH22' pillar.items|grep -C2 catalina_tmpdirprefix
    catalina_pidprefix:
        /var/run
    catalina_tmpdirprefix:
        /var/cache/
    check_interval:

# salt 'CH22' pillar.items|grep -C2 catalina_homeprefix

grep nothing!!