salt/doc/topics/targeting/pillar.rst
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Replaced test.ping with test.version
Result of issue #52277

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.. _targeting-pillar:
======================
Targeting using Pillar
======================
Pillar data can be used when targeting minions. This allows for ultimate
control and flexibility when targeting minions.
.. note::
To start using Pillar targeting it is required to make a Pillar
data cache on Salt Master for each Minion via following commands:
``salt '*' saltutil.refresh_pillar`` or ``salt '*' saltutil.sync_all``.
Also Pillar data cache will be populated during the
:ref:`highstate <running-highstate>` run. Once Pillar data changes, you
must refresh the cache by running above commands for this targeting
method to work correctly.
Example:
.. code-block:: bash
salt -I 'somekey:specialvalue' test.version
Like with :ref:`Grains <targeting-grains>`, it is possible to use globbing
as well as match nested values in Pillar, by adding colons for each level that
is being traversed. The below example would match minions with a pillar named
``foo``, which is a dict containing a key ``bar``, with a value beginning with
``baz``:
.. code-block:: bash
salt -I 'foo:bar:baz*' test.version