discover.sls

//This works. 

{% set parts = grains['host'].split('-') %}
{% if parts[1] == 'live' %}
branch: 'master'
{% elif parts[1] == 'dev' %}
branch: 'Development'
{% elif parts[1] == 'beta' %}
branch: 'Beta'
{% else %}
branch: {{ parts[1] }}
{% endif %}

Error.out

    The minion function caused an exception: Traceback (most recent call last):
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/minion.py", line 1470, in _thread_return
        return_data = executor.execute()
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/executors/direct_call.py", line 28, in execute
        return self.func(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/modules/state.py", line 593, in apply_
        return highstate(**kwargs)
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/modules/state.py", line 878, in highstate
        err += __pillar__['_errors']
      File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/utils/context.py", line 227, in __getitem__
        return self._dict()[key]
    KeyError: '_errors'

monit.sls

monit:
  modules:
    submission_listener:
        process:
          with:
            pidfile: /var/run/submission_listener.pid
          config:
            group: php
{% set parts = grains['host'].split('-') %}
{% if parts[1] == 'live' %}
            start: "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --background --make-pidfile --chuid php:developers --pidfile /var/run/submission_listener.pid --exec /usr/bin/php /var/local/connect/MMS/daemon/submissionListener.php debug"
{% else %}
            start: "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --background --make-pidfile --chuid php:developers --pidfile /var/run/submission_listener.pid --exec /usr/bin/php /var/local/connect/MMS/daemon/submissionListener.php debug test"
{% endif %}
            stop: "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/submission_listener.pid"
    message_dispatcher:
        process:
          with:
            pidfile: /var/run/message_dispatcher.pid
          config:
            group: php
            start: "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --background --make-pidfile --chuid php:developers --pidfile /var/run/message_dispatcher.pid --exec /usr/bin/php /var/local/connect/MMS/daemon/messageDispatcher.php debug test"
            stop: "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/message_dispatcher.pid"
    dlr_dispatcher:
        process:
          with:
            pidfile: /var/run/dlr_dispatcher.pid
          config:
            group: php
            start: "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --start --background --make-pidfile --chuid php:developers --pidfile /var/run/dlr_dispatcher.pid --exec /usr/bin/php var/local/connect/MMS/daemon/mms_dlr_http_daemon.php debug"
            stop: "/sbin/start-stop-daemon --stop --pidfile /var/run/dlr_dispatcher.pid"