+#### contents of global/settings.sls

+{% set pval = salt['pillar.get'] %}

+{% set gval = salt['grains.get'] %}

+

+# determine if we are in ec2 or not

+{% set is_aws = salt['grains.get']('ec2:services:partition') %}

+{% if is_aws is equalto 'aws' %}

+  {% set ec2_instance = 'true' %}

+{% endif %}

+

+{% if ec2_instance is defined %}

+  {% set private_ip = salt['grains.get']('ec2:private_ip') %}

+{% else %}

+  {% set private_ip = salt['grains.get']('ipv4')|last %}

+{% endif %}

+

+{% set fqdn = salt['grains.get']('fqdn') %}

+{% set domain = salt['grains.get']('domain') %}

+{% set short_host_name = salt['grains.get']('host') %}

+

+{% if ec2_instance is defined %}

+  {% set Name = salt['grains.get']('ec2_tags:Name') %}

+  {% set eip = salt['grains.get']('ec2_tags:eip') %}

+  {% set roles = salt['grains.get']('ec2_tags:roles') %}

+  {% set services = salt['grains.get']('ec2_tags:services') %}

+  {% set saltenv = salt['grains.get']('ec2_tags:saltenv') %}

+  {% set cost_allocation = salt['grains.get']('ec2_tags:cost_allocation') %}

+  {% set instance_type = salt['grains.get']('ec2:instance_type') %}

+  {% set region = salt['grains.get']('ec2:region') %}

+  {% set instance_id = salt['grains.get']('ec2:instance_id') %}

+  {% set ami_launch_index = salt['grains.get']('ec2:ami_launch_index') %}

+  {% set availability_zone = salt['grains.get']('ec2:availability_zone') %}

+  {% set iam_role = salt['grains.get']('ec2:iam:info:instance_profile_arn') %}

+  {% if 'root-image' not in roles %}

+    {% set ptr_value = salt['cmd.shell']('/usr/local/sbin/my-ptr') %}

+  {% endif %}

+{% endif %}

+```

+

+

+the error

+```

+```

+{% import 'global/settings.sls' as global with context %}

+

+ec2.set_private_A_record:

+  boto_route53.present:

+    - zone: iz.

+    - name: {{ global.fqdn }}.

+    - value: {{ global.private_ip }}

+    - record_type: A

+    - ttl: 60

+    - wait_for_sync: False

+

+ec2.set_private_PTR_record:

+  boto_route53.present:

+    - zone: 10.in-addr.arpa.

+    - name: {{ global.ptr_value }}

+    - value: {{ global.fqdn }}

+    - record_type: ptr

+    - wait_for_sync: false

+

+```

+

+[ERROR   ] Rendering exception occurred: Jinja variable 'jinja2.environment.TemplateModule object' has no attribute 'ptr_value'

+[ERROR   ] An un-handled exception was caught by salt's global exception handler:

+SaltRenderError: Jinja variable 'jinja2.environment.TemplateModule object' has no attribute 'ptr_value'

+Traceback (most recent call last):

+  File "/usr/bin/salt-call", line 11, in <module>

+    salt_call()

+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/scripts.py", line 379, in salt_call

+    client.run()

+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/cli/call.py", line 58, in run

+    caller.run()

+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/cli/caller.py", line 134, in run

+    ret = self.call()

+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/cli/caller.py", line 197, in call

+    ret['return'] = func(*args, **kwargs)

+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/modules/cp.py", line 261, in get_template

+    **kwargs)

+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/fileclient.py", line 676, in get_template

+    **kwargs

+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/utils/templates.py", line 178, in render_tmpl

+    output = render_str(tmplstr, context, tmplpath)

+  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/utils/templates.py", line 386, in render_jinja_tmpl

+    buf=tmplstr)

+SaltRenderError: Jinja variable 'jinja2.environment.TemplateModule object' has no attribute 'ptr_value'