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-{# Copyright Security Onion Solutions LLC and/or licensed to Security Onion Solutions LLC under one
-or more contributor license agreements. Licensed under the Elastic License 2.0 as shown at 
-https://securityonion.net/license; you may not use this file except in compliance with the
-Elastic License 2.0. #}
-
-{% set minionid = data['id'].split('_')[0] %}
-{% set role = data['data']['process_x_roles'] %}
-
-{# Run so-yaml to replace kafka.node.<minionID>.role with the value from kafka/controllers.sls #}
-
-update_global_kafka_pillar:
-  local.cmd.run:
-    - tgt: 'G@role:so-manager or G@role:so-managersearch or G@role:so-standalone'
-    - tgt_type: compound
-    - arg:
-      - '/usr/sbin/so-yaml.py replace /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/kafka/nodes.sls kafka.nodes.{{ minionid }}.role {{ role }}'
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