{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack-formulas/nagios-formula/issues/26","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack-formulas/nagios-formula/issues/26/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack-formulas/nagios-formula/issues/26/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack-formulas/nagios-formula/issues/26/events","html_url":"https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/nagios-formula/issues/26","id":114211402,"number":26,"title":"Illegal characters in Pillar file","user":{"login":"vishal-biyani","id":1167948,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1167948?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani","html_url":"https://github.com/vishal-biyani","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":4,"created_at":"2015-10-30T06:24:10Z","updated_at":"2015-10-30T10:39:34Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I am using the sample Pillar file for setting up Nagios for a small demo. I think there are two entries in Pillar.example which will cause a pillar render error. After removing those two, all works fine. I am using the version: salt 2015.8.1 (Beryllium)\r\n\r\nError:\r\n```\r\n2015-10-30 05:30:48,910 [salt.pillar      ][CRITICAL][6715] Pillar render error: Rendering SLS 'nagios' failed. Please see master log for details.\r\n2015-10-30 05:30:48,909 [salt.pillar      ][CRITICAL][6717] Rendering SLS 'nagios' failed, render error:\r\nfound character '`' that cannot start any token; line 108\r\n---\r\n[...]\r\n    low_host_flap_threshold: 5.0\r\n    high_host_flap_threshold: 20.0\r\n    date_format: iso8601\r\n    enable_embedded_perl: 1\r\n    use_embedded_perl_implicitly: 1\r\n    illegal_object_name_chars: `~!$%^&*|'\"<>?,():     <======================\r\n    illegal_macro_output_chars: `~$&|'\"<>\r\n    use_regexp_matching: 0\r\n    use_true_regexp_matching: 0\r\n    admin_email: root@localhost\r\n    admin_pager: pageroot@localhost\r\n[...]\r\n---\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack-formulas/nagios-formula/issues/comments/152489092","html_url":"https://github.com/saltstack-formulas/nagios-formula/issues/26#issuecomment-152489092","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack-formulas/nagios-formula/issues/26","id":152489092,"user":{"login":"vishal-biyani","id":1167948,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1167948?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani","html_url":"https://github.com/vishal-biyani","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/vishal-biyani/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-10-30T10:39:34Z","updated_at":"2015-10-30T10:39:34Z","body":"@gravyboat On a related note (Did not want to create a new issue altogether for such a small issue) - it would be good if you specify if the defaults in pillar.example relate to which flavor of Linux? I spent some time to get a working formula - primarily because of mismatch between service names of the OS I was using and the one stated in Pillar.example"}}