Add capability to specify state args as a dict

changelog/68367.added.md

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Added capability to specify module arguments in an sls as a dict

doc/cheatsheet/salt.tex

@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     - running
     - enable: True
 /var/www/index.html: # ID declaration
-  file:              # state declaration
+  file:              # state module declaration
     - managed        # function
     - source: salt://webserver/index.html
     - user: root

doc/faq.rst

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ PATH using a :mod:`file.symlink <salt.states.file.symlink>` state.
 
     /usr/bin/foo:
       file.symlink:
-        - target: /usr/local/bin/foo
+        target: /usr/local/bin/foo
 
 .. _which-version:
 
@@ -240,10 +240,10 @@ via a :py:func:`file.managed <salt.states.file.managed>` state, using the
 
     /etc/my_super_secret_file:
       file.managed:
-        - user: secret
-        - group: secret
-        - mode: 600
-        - contents_pillar: secret_files:my_super_secret_file
+        user: secret
+        group: secret
+        mode: 600
+        contents_pillar: secret_files:my_super_secret_file
 
 In this example, the source file would be located in a directory called
 ``secret_files`` underneath the file_tree path for the minion. The syntax for
@@ -295,17 +295,17 @@ so the restart runs detached from the state run:
 
     Upgrade Salt Minion:
       pkg.installed:
-        - name: salt-minion
+        name: salt-minion
 
     Restart Salt Minion:
       cmd.run:
     {%- if grains['kernel'] == 'Windows' %}
-        - name: 'salt-call --local service.restart salt-minion'
+        name: 'salt-call --local service.restart salt-minion'
     {%- else %}
-        - name: 'salt-call --local service.restart salt-minion'
+        name: 'salt-call --local service.restart salt-minion'
     {%- endif %}
-        - bg: True
-        - onchanges:
+        bg: True
+        onchanges:
           - pkg: Upgrade Salt Minion
 
 ``--local`` keeps the call self-contained so the restart does not depend on a
@@ -357,15 +357,15 @@ needs to run on the master):
 
     Wait for salt minion:
       loop.until_no_eval:
-        - name: saltutil.runner
-        - expected:
+        name: saltutil.runner
+        expected:
             - my_minion
-        - args:
+        args:
             - manage.up
-        - kwargs:
+        kwargs:
             tgt: my_minion
-        - period: 3
-        - init_wait: 3
+        period: 3
+        init_wait: 3
 
 This will, after an initial delay of 3 seconds, execute the `manage.up`-runner
 targeted specifically for `my_minion`. It will do this every `period` seconds

doc/glossary.rst

@@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ Glossary
         set of host machines. Often used to create and deploy private clouds.
         *See also*: :py:mod:`virt runner <salt.runners.virt>`.
 
+    SLS
+        Structured Layered State. The SLS is a representation of the state in
+        which a system should be in, and is set up to contain this data in a
+        simple format. This is often called configuration management.
+
     SLS Module
         Contains a set of :term:`state declarations <State Declaration>`.
 

doc/ref/configuration/minion.rst

@@ -2988,12 +2988,12 @@ data in a state file:
 
     apply_showpillar:
       module.run:
-        - name: state.apply
-        - mods:
+        name: state.apply
+        mods:
           - showpillar
-        - kwargs:
-              pillar:
-                  test: "foo bar"
+        kwargs:
+          pillar:
+            test: "foo bar"
 
 If set to ``True``, the ``showpillar`` state will have access to the
 global pillar data.

doc/ref/file_server/environments.rst

@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ the file from the ``config`` environment:
 
     /etc/foo/bar.conf:
       file.managed:
-        - source: salt://foo/bar.conf
-        - user: foo
-        - mode: 600
-        - saltenv: config
+        source: salt://foo/bar.conf
+        user: foo
+        mode: 600
+        saltenv: config
 
 Another way of doing the same thing is to use the :ref:`querystring syntax
 <querystring-syntax>` described above:
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ Another way of doing the same thing is to use the :ref:`querystring syntax
 
     /etc/foo/bar.conf:
       file.managed:
-        - source: salt://foo/bar.conf?saltenv=config
-        - user: foo
-        - mode: 600
+        source: salt://foo/bar.conf?saltenv=config
+        user: foo
+        mode: 600
 
 .. note::
     Specifying the environment using either of the above methods is only

doc/ref/file_server/index.rst

@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ with ``salt://|`` rather than ``salt://``.
 
     /etc/marathon/conf/?checkpoint:
       file.managed:
-        - source: salt://|hw/config/?checkpoint
-        - makedirs: True
+        source: salt://|hw/config/?checkpoint
+        makedirs: True
 
 Environments
 ````````````

doc/ref/renderers/index.rst

@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ to install a package:
         """
         return {
             "include": ["python"],
-            "python-foo": {"pkg.installed": [{"version": "1.5-1.el7"}]},
+            "python-foo": {"pkg.installed": {"version": "1.5-1.el7"}},
         }
 
 This would be equivalent to the following:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ This would be equivalent to the following:
 
     python-foo:
       pkg.installed:
-        - version: '1.5-1.el7'
+        version: '1.5-1.el7'
 
 .. _renderers-composing:
 
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ render pipeline:
 
     An_Example:
       cmd.run:
-        - name: |
+        name: |
             echo "Using Salt ${grains['saltversion']}" \
                  "from path {{grains['saltpath']}}."
-        - cwd: /
+        cwd: /
 
     <%doc> ${...} is Mako's notation, and so is this comment. </%doc>
     {#     Similarly, {{...}} is Jinja's notation, and so is this comment. #}

doc/ref/states/aggregate.rst

@@ -72,14 +72,14 @@ manager.
 
     lamp_stack:
       pkg.installed:
-        - pkgs:
+        pkgs:
           - php
           - mysql-client
-        - aggregate: True
+        aggregate: True
 
     memcached:
       pkg.installed:
-        - name: memcached
+        name: memcached
 
 Adding mod_aggregate to a State Module
 ======================================

doc/ref/states/backup_mode.rst

@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ Or it can be set for each file:
 
     /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
       file.managed:
-        - source: salt://ssh/sshd_config
-        - backup: minion
+        source: salt://ssh/sshd_config
+        backup: minion
 
 
 The backup_mode can be set to any of the following options:

doc/ref/states/compiler_ordering.rst

@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ As an example, a state written thusly:
 
     apache:
       pkg.installed:
-        - name: httpd
+        name: httpd
       service.running:
-        - name: httpd
-        - watch:
+        name: httpd
+        watch:
           - file: apache_conf
           - pkg: apache
 
@@ -78,34 +78,24 @@ Will have High Data which looks like this represented in json:
 
     {
         "apache": {
-            "pkg": [
-                {
-                    "name": "httpd"
-                },
-                "installed",
-                {
-                    "order": 10000
-                }
-            ],
-            "service": [
-                {
-                    "name": "httpd"
-                },
-                {
-                    "watch": [
-                        {
-                            "file": "apache_conf"
-                        },
-                        {
-                            "pkg": "apache"
-                        }
-                    ]
-                },
-                "running",
-                {
-                    "order": 10001
-                }
-            ],
+            "pkg": {
+                "name": "httpd",
+                "fun": "installed",
+                "order": 10000
+            },
+            "service": {
+                "name": "httpd",
+                "watch": [
+                    {
+                        "file": "apache_conf"
+                    },
+                    {
+                        "pkg": "apache"
+                    }
+                ],
+                "fun": "running",
+                "order": 10001
+            },
             "__sls__": "blah",
             "__env__": "base"
         },
@@ -247,8 +237,8 @@ ordering can be explicitly overridden using the ``order`` flag in states:
 
     apache:
       pkg.installed:
-        - name: httpd
-        - order: 1
+        name: httpd
+        order: 1
 
 This order flag will over ride the definition order, this makes it very
 simple to create states that are always executed first, last or in specific