Add note on environment option in the minion config file

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Thomas S Hatch 2013-10-07 19:24:04 -06:00
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@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ Environments
directories. Environments can be made to be self-contained or state
trees can be made to bleed through environments.
.. note::
Environments in Salt are very flexible, this section defines how the top
file can be used to define what ststates from what environments are to be
used fro specific minions.
If the intent is to bind minions to specific environments, then the
`environment` option can be set in the minion configuration file.
The environments in the top file corresponds with the environments defined in
the :conf_master:`file_roots` variable. In a simple, single environment setup
you only have the ``base`` environment, and therefore only one state tree. Here