gistfile1.py

__description__ = "Salt Grain for gathering an environment variable"

import os,sys,logging
#logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
from pprint import pprint

def _file_get_contents(filename):
    if os.path.exists(filename):
        content = {}
        with open(filename, "r") as _file:
            for line in _file:
                (key, val) = line.split()
                content[str(key)] = val
        _file.close()
    return content

def return_grains():
    grains = {}
    filename = "/environment"
  #  grains['custom_env'] = _file_get_contents(filename)
    grains = _file_get_contents(filename)
    if 'env_grain':
        pprint(grains)
#        print(type(grains))
        return grains

return_grains()