From 9268a344ccda5c6578abf9c8cdf2d234ba3d9687 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas S Hatch Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2013 19:24:04 -0600 Subject: [PATCH] Add note on environment option in the minion config file --- doc/ref/states/top.rst | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/ref/states/top.rst b/doc/ref/states/top.rst index 49be7b1808..4a467215e9 100644 --- a/doc/ref/states/top.rst +++ b/doc/ref/states/top.rst @@ -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