Add a “salt.standalone” state

README.rst

@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ Install salt cloud.
 Install salt-ssh with roster file.
 Configure pillar data under salt:ssh_roster to feed the template.
 
+``salt.standalone``
+------------
+
+Install a minion and configure it in `standalone mode
+<docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/tutorials/standalone_minion.html>`_.
+
 ``Configuration``
 =================
 Every option available in the templates can be set in pillar. Settings under 'salt' will be overridden by more specific settings under ``salt['master']``, ``salt['minion']`` or ``salt['cloud']``

salt/files/minion.d/_defaults.conf

@@ -386,7 +386,11 @@ id: {{ minion['id'] }}
 # Set the file client. The client defaults to looking on the master server for
 # files, but can be directed to look at the local file directory setting
 # defined below by setting it to local.
+{%- if standalone %}
+file_client: local
+{%- else %}
 {{ get_config('file_client', 'remote') }}
+{%- endif %}
 
 # The file directory works on environments passed to the minion, each environment
 # can have multiple root directories, the subdirectories in the multiple file

salt/minion.sls

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ salt-minion:
     - template: jinja
     - source: salt://salt/files/minion.d
     - clean: True
+    - context:
+        standalone: False
   service.running:
     - enable: True
     - name: {{ pkgs.get('minion-service', 'salt-minion') }}

salt/standalone.sls

@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{% from "salt/package-map.jinja" import pkgs with context %}
+
+salt-minion:
+  pkg.installed:
+    - name: {{ pkgs['salt-minion'] }}
+  file.recurse:
+    - name: {{ pkgs.get('config-path', '/etc/salt') }}/minion.d
+    - template: jinja
+    - source: salt://salt/files/minion.d
+    - clean: True
+    - context:
+        standalone: True
+  service.dead:
+    - enable: False
+    - name: {{ pkgs.get('minion-service', 'salt-minion') }}
+    - require:
+      - pkg: salt-minion
+      - file: salt-minion