Create users and deploy ssh key from master to minion via salt pillars

Step 1: Define users in /srv/pillar/users.sls

users:

 test:

    fullname: Test User

    email: testuser@example.com

    uid: 5004

    gid: 5004

    shell: /bin/bash

    home: /home/test

    groups:

      - dev

    authkey: ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABJQAAAQEAiTfNNhHbM3Db3DgO9OF+uJFZNs51FHhzp3W65ABZW2ZocIa8XmzY+ZVgJSNoRpCSIw2MCKZ+VNXyYtMua8rVkOQddR0O0coeQ5j1DUFDDNse//WO334wUUxL0J+VfFDXNvCJNi8Y0rnJclksLKz/uxBuXN+6Y1OlX/nYKv35XGna3I1UM1nWYHmlm1cVOl5ZnZ7+rW+Q9OCsZqx6EjQggyOME9B1nJgnJj4oAaD5ocs5o11KGBowmik8tqa1gTExyQ9ptmLpWHyRRDs+yiFsCD0QkeCY2MIRQPKdId/ijxhKKakZoRqh6WoHnb/z6Wy5mVQ1a4XuQbs55scZq3mFaGQ== testuser@example.com

Step 2: Add the new pillar to /srv/pillar/top.sls

base:

  'saltminion01':

    - users

Step 3: Use jinja to map pillar to states in /srv/salt/user/init.sls

{% for user, args in pillar['users'].iteritems() %}

"{{ user }}":

  group.present:

    - gid: {{ args['gid'] }}

  user.present:

    - home: {{ args['home'] }}

    - shell: {{ args['shell'] }}

    - uid: {{ args['uid'] }}

    - gid: {{ args['gid'] }}

    - fullname: {{ args['fullname'] }}

  file.directory:

    - name: /home/{{user}}

    - user: {{user}}

    - group: {{user}}

    - mode: 0750

    - makedirs: True

user_{{user}}_sshdir:

  file.directory:

    - name: /home/{{user}}/.ssh

    - user: {{user}}

    - group: {{user}}

    - mode: 0700

user_{{user}}_authkeys:

  ssh_auth.present:

    - user: {{user}}

    - name: {{ args['authkey'] }}

{% endfor %}

Step 4: Test and push the changes

salt 'saltminion01' state.show_sls users

Above command will display if there is any errors in the state file, if there is no errors you are good to go and push the changes.

salt 'saltminion01' state.sls users

Now you can login to “saltminion01” with your private key.