Remove helpLink for influxdb in soc_global.yaml

Removed helpLink for influxdb from endgamehost configuration.

pillar/telegraf/creds.sls

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# 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.
+
+# Per-minion Telegraf Postgres credentials. so-telegraf-cred on the manager is
+# the single writer; it mutates /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/telegraf/creds.sls
+# under flock. Pillar_roots order (local before default) means the populated
+# copy shadows this default on any real grid; this file exists so the pillar
+# key is always defined on fresh installs and when no minions have creds yet.
+telegraf:
+  postgres_creds: {}

pillar/top.sls

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ base:
     - sensoroni.adv_sensoroni
     - telegraf.soc_telegraf
     - telegraf.adv_telegraf
+    - telegraf.creds
     - versionlock.soc_versionlock
     - versionlock.adv_versionlock
     - soc.license

salt/global/soc_global.yaml

@@ -59,5 +59,4 @@ global:
     description: Allows use of Endgame with Security Onion. This feature requires a license from Endgame.
     global: True
     advanced: True
-    helpLink: influxdb
 

salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-minion

@@ -281,6 +281,39 @@ function deleteMinionFiles () {
 	fi
 }
 
+# Remove this minion's postgres Telegraf credential from the shared creds
+# pillar and drop the matching role in Postgres. Always returns 0 so a dead
+# or unreachable so-postgres doesn't block minion deletion — in that case we
+# log a warning and leave the role behind for manual cleanup.
+function remove_postgres_telegraf_from_minion() {
+	local MINION_SAFE
+	MINION_SAFE=$(echo "$MINION_ID" | tr '.-' '__' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+	local PG_USER="so_telegraf_${MINION_SAFE}"
+
+	log "INFO" "Removing postgres telegraf cred for $MINION_ID"
+
+	so-telegraf-cred remove "$MINION_ID" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+
+	if docker ps --format '{{.Names}}' 2>/dev/null | grep -q '^so-postgres$'; then
+		if ! docker exec -i so-postgres psql -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 -U postgres -d so_telegraf >/dev/null 2>&1 <<EOSQL
+DO \$\$
+BEGIN
+    IF EXISTS (SELECT FROM pg_catalog.pg_roles WHERE rolname = '$PG_USER') THEN
+        EXECUTE format('REASSIGN OWNED BY %I TO so_telegraf', '$PG_USER');
+        EXECUTE format('DROP OWNED BY %I', '$PG_USER');
+        EXECUTE format('DROP ROLE %I', '$PG_USER');
+    END IF;
+END
+\$\$;
+EOSQL
+		then
+			log "WARN" "Failed to drop postgres role $PG_USER; pillar entry was removed — drop manually if the role persists"
+		fi
+	else
+		log "WARN" "so-postgres container is not running; skipping DB role cleanup for $PG_USER"
+	fi
+}
+
 # Create the minion file
 function ensure_socore_ownership() {
 	log "INFO" "Setting socore ownership on minion files"
@@ -542,6 +575,17 @@ function add_telegraf_to_minion() {
         log "ERROR" "Failed to add telegraf configuration to $PILLARFILE"
         return 1
     fi
+
+    # Provision the per-minion postgres Telegraf credential in the shared
+    # telegraf/creds.sls pillar. so-telegraf-cred is the only writer; it
+    # generates a password on first add and is a no-op on re-add so the cred
+    # is stable across repeated so-minion runs. postgres.telegraf_users on the
+    # manager creates/updates the DB role from the same pillar.
+    so-telegraf-cred add "$MINION_ID"
+    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+        log "ERROR" "Failed to provision postgres telegraf cred for $MINION_ID"
+        return 1
+    fi
 }
 
 function add_influxdb_to_minion() {
@@ -1069,6 +1113,7 @@ case "$OPERATION" in
 
 	"delete")
 		log "INFO" "Removing minion $MINION_ID"
+		remove_postgres_telegraf_from_minion
 		deleteMinionFiles || {
 			log "ERROR" "Failed to delete minion files for $MINION_ID"
 			exit 1

salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-telegraf-cred

@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# 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.
+
+# Single writer for the Telegraf Postgres credentials pillar. Thin wrapper
+# around so-yaml.py that generates a password on first add and no-ops on
+# re-add so the cred is stable across repeated so-minion runs.
+#
+# Note: so-yaml.py splits keys on '.' with no escape. SO minion ids are
+# dot-free by construction (setup/so-functions:1884 takes the short_name
+# before the first '.'), so using the raw minion id as the key is safe.
+
+CREDS=/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/telegraf/creds.sls
+
+usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 <add|remove> <minion_id>" >&2
+    exit 2
+}
+
+seed_creds_file() {
+    mkdir -p "$(dirname "$CREDS")" || return 1
+    if [[ ! -f "$CREDS" ]]; then
+        (umask 027 && printf 'telegraf:\n  postgres_creds: {}\n' > "$CREDS") || return 1
+        chown socore:socore "$CREDS" 2>/dev/null || true
+        chmod 640 "$CREDS" || return 1
+    fi
+}
+
+OP=$1
+MID=$2
+[[ -z "$OP" || -z "$MID" ]] && usage
+
+case "$OP" in
+    add)
+        SAFE=$(echo "$MID" | tr '.-' '__' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
+        seed_creds_file || exit 1
+        if so-yaml.py get -r "$CREDS" "telegraf.postgres_creds.${MID}.user" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            exit 0
+        fi
+        PASS=$(tr -dc 'A-Za-z0-9~!@#^&*()_=+[]|;:,.<>?-' < /dev/urandom | head -c 72)
+        so-yaml.py replace "$CREDS" "telegraf.postgres_creds.${MID}.user" "so_telegraf_${SAFE}" >/dev/null
+        so-yaml.py replace "$CREDS" "telegraf.postgres_creds.${MID}.pass" "$PASS" >/dev/null
+        ;;
+    remove)
+        [[ -f "$CREDS" ]] || exit 0
+        so-yaml.py remove "$CREDS" "telegraf.postgres_creds.${MID}" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+        ;;
+    *)
+        usage
+        ;;
+esac

salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml.py

@@ -39,9 +39,16 @@ def showUsage(args):
 
 
 def loadYaml(filename):
-    file = open(filename, "r")
+    try:
-    content = file.read()
+        with open(filename, "r") as file:
-    return yaml.safe_load(content)
+            content = file.read()
+            return yaml.safe_load(content)
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print(f"File not found: {filename}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    except Exception as e:
+        print(f"Error reading file {filename}: {e}", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
 
 
 def writeYaml(filename, content):
@@ -285,7 +292,8 @@ def add(args):
 def removeKey(content, key):
     pieces = key.split(".", 1)
     if len(pieces) > 1:
-        removeKey(content[pieces[0]], pieces[1])
+        if pieces[0] in content:
+            removeKey(content[pieces[0]], pieces[1])
     else:
         content.pop(key, None)
 

salt/manager/tools/sbin/so-yaml_test.py

@@ -973,3 +973,21 @@ class TestReplaceListObject(unittest.TestCase):
 
         expected = "key1:\n- id: '1'\n  status: updated\n- id: '2'\n  status: inactive\n"
         self.assertEqual(actual, expected)
+
+
+class TestLoadYaml(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_load_yaml_missing_file(self):
+        with patch('sys.exit', new=MagicMock()) as sysmock:
+            with patch('sys.stderr', new=StringIO()) as mock_stderr:
+                soyaml.loadYaml("/tmp/so-yaml_test-does-not-exist.yaml")
+                sysmock.assert_called_with(1)
+                self.assertIn("File not found:", mock_stderr.getvalue())
+
+    def test_load_yaml_read_error(self):
+        with patch('sys.exit', new=MagicMock()) as sysmock:
+            with patch('sys.stderr', new=StringIO()) as mock_stderr:
+                with patch('builtins.open', side_effect=PermissionError("denied")):
+                    soyaml.loadYaml("/tmp/so-yaml_test-unreadable.yaml")
+                    sysmock.assert_called_with(1)
+                    self.assertIn("Error reading file", mock_stderr.getvalue())

salt/manager/tools/sbin/soup

@@ -477,7 +477,44 @@ elasticsearch_backup_index_templates() {
   tar -czf /nsm/backup/3.0.0_elasticsearch_index_templates.tar.gz -C /opt/so/conf/elasticsearch/templates/index/ .
 }
 
+ensure_postgres_local_pillar() {
+  # Postgres was added as a service after 3.0.0, so the new pillar/top.sls
+  # references postgres.soc_postgres / postgres.adv_postgres unconditionally.
+  # Managers upgrading from 3.0.0 have no /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/postgres/
+  # (make_some_dirs only runs at install time), so the stubs must be created
+  # here before salt-master restarts against the new top.sls.
+  echo "Ensuring postgres local pillar stubs exist."
+  local dir=/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/postgres
+  mkdir -p "$dir"
+  [[ -f "$dir/soc_postgres.sls" ]] || touch "$dir/soc_postgres.sls"
+  [[ -f "$dir/adv_postgres.sls" ]] || touch "$dir/adv_postgres.sls"
+  chown -R socore:socore "$dir"
+}
+
+ensure_postgres_secret() {
+  # On a fresh install, generate_passwords + secrets_pillar seed
+  # secrets:postgres_pass in /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/secrets.sls. That
+  # code path is skipped on upgrade (secrets.sls already exists from 3.0.0
+  # with import_pass/influx_pass but no postgres_pass), so the postgres
+  # container's POSTGRES_PASSWORD_FILE and SOC's PG_ADMIN_PASS would be empty
+  # after highstate. Generate one now if missing.
+  local secrets_file=/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/secrets.sls
+  if [[ ! -f "$secrets_file" ]]; then
+    echo "WARNING: $secrets_file missing; skipping postgres_pass backfill."
+    return 0
+  fi
+  if so-yaml.py get -r "$secrets_file" secrets.postgres_pass >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "secrets.postgres_pass already set; leaving as-is."
+    return 0
+  fi
+  echo "Seeding secrets.postgres_pass in $secrets_file."
+  so-yaml.py add "$secrets_file" secrets.postgres_pass "$(get_random_value)"
+  chown socore:socore "$secrets_file"
+}
+
 up_to_3.1.0() {
+  ensure_postgres_local_pillar
+  ensure_postgres_secret
   determine_elastic_agent_upgrade
   elasticsearch_backup_index_templates
   # Clear existing component template state file.
@@ -490,31 +527,19 @@ up_to_3.1.0() {
 post_to_3.1.0() {
   /usr/sbin/so-kibana-space-defaults
 
-  # One-time backfill for minions that existed before the postgres Telegraf
+  # Backfill the Telegraf creds pillar for every accepted minion. so-telegraf-cred
-  # feature shipped. Generate the aggregate pillar on the manager and create
+  # add is idempotent — it no-ops when an entry already exists — so this is safe
-  # the per-minion DB roles, then fan each minion's cred into its own pillar
+  # to run on every soup. The subsequent state.apply creates/updates the matching
-  # file. Going forward the reactor handles each new salt-key accept with a
+  # Postgres roles from the reconciled pillar.
-  # targeted fan-out, so a manager highstate no longer needs to iterate.
+  echo "Reconciling Telegraf Postgres creds for accepted minions."
-  echo "Provisioning Telegraf Postgres users for existing minions."
+  for mid in $(salt-key --out=json --list=accepted 2>/dev/null | jq -r '.minions[]?' 2>/dev/null); do
-  salt-call --local state.apply postgres.auth,postgres.telegraf_users queue=True || true
+    [[ -n "$mid" ]] || continue
-
+    /usr/sbin/so-telegraf-cred add "$mid" || echo "  warning: so-telegraf-cred add $mid failed" >&2
-  AGGREGATE_PILLAR=/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/postgres/auth.sls
+  done
-  MINIONS_DIR=/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions
+  # Run through the master (not --local) so state compilation uses the
-  if [[ -f "$AGGREGATE_PILLAR" && -d "$MINIONS_DIR" ]]; then
+  # master's configured file_roots; the manager's /etc/salt/minion has no
-    for pillar_file in "$MINIONS_DIR"/*.sls; do
+  # file_roots of its own and --local would fail with "No matching sls found".
-      [[ -f "$pillar_file" ]] || continue
+  salt-call state.apply postgres.telegraf_users queue=True || true
-      mid=$(basename "$pillar_file" .sls)
-      [[ "$mid" == adv_* ]] && continue
-      safe=$(echo "$mid" | tr '.-' '__' | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')
-      existing_user=$(so-yaml.py get -r "$pillar_file" postgres.telegraf.user 2>/dev/null || true)
-      [[ "$existing_user" == "so_telegraf_${safe}" ]] && continue
-      user=$(so-yaml.py get -r "$AGGREGATE_PILLAR" "postgres.auth.users.telegraf_${safe}.user" 2>/dev/null || true)
-      pass=$(so-yaml.py get -r "$AGGREGATE_PILLAR" "postgres.auth.users.telegraf_${safe}.pass" 2>/dev/null || true)
-      [[ -z "$user" || -z "$pass" ]] && continue
-      so-yaml.py replace "$pillar_file" postgres.telegraf.user "$user" >/dev/null
-      so-yaml.py replace "$pillar_file" postgres.telegraf.pass "$pass" >/dev/null
-    done
-  fi
 
   POSTVERSION=3.1.0
 }

salt/orch/deploy_newnode.sls

@@ -25,8 +25,33 @@ manager_run_es_soc:
         - salt: {{NEWNODE}}_update_mine
 {% endif %}
 
+# so-minion has already added the new minion's entry to telegraf/creds.sls
+# via so-telegraf-cred before this orch fires. Reconcile the Postgres role
+# on the manager so the new minion can authenticate on its first highstate,
+# then refresh the minion's pillar so its telegraf.conf renders with the
+# freshly-written cred.
+manager_create_postgres_telegraf_role:
+  salt.state:
+    - tgt: {{ MANAGER }}
+    - sls:
+      - postgres.telegraf_users
+    - queue: True
+    - require:
+      - salt: {{NEWNODE}}_update_mine
+
+{{NEWNODE}}_refresh_pillar:
+  salt.function:
+    - name: saltutil.refresh_pillar
+    - tgt: {{ NEWNODE }}
+    - kwarg:
+        wait: True
+    - require:
+      - salt: manager_create_postgres_telegraf_role
+
 {{NEWNODE}}_run_highstate:
   salt.state:
     - tgt: {{ NEWNODE }}
     - highstate: True
     - queue: True
+    - require:
+      - salt: {{NEWNODE}}_refresh_pillar

salt/orch/telegraf_postgres_sync.sls

@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-# Fired by salt/reactor/telegraf_user_sync.sls when salt-key accepts a new
-# minion. Only provisions the per-minion pillar entry and DB role on the
-# manager; the minion itself will pick up its telegraf config on its first
-# highstate during onboarding, so there's no need to push the telegraf state
-# from here.
-#
-# Target the manager via role grains — same pattern as orch/delete_hypervisor.sls.
-# The reactor doesn't know the manager's minion id, and grains.master on the
-# runner is a hostname, not a targetable id.
-{% set FANOUT_MINION = salt['pillar.get']('postgres_fanout_minion', '') %}
-
-manager_sync_telegraf_pg_users:
-  salt.state:
-    - tgt: 'G@role:so-manager or G@role:so-managerhype or G@role:so-managersearch or G@role:so-standalone or G@role:so-eval'
-    - tgt_type: compound
-    - sls:
-      - postgres.auth
-      - postgres.telegraf_users
-    - queue: True
-    {% if FANOUT_MINION %}
-    - pillar:
-        postgres_fanout_minion: {{ FANOUT_MINION }}
-    {% endif %}

salt/postgres/auth.sls

@@ -13,24 +13,8 @@
   {% set CHARS = DIGITS~LOWERCASE~UPPERCASE~SYMBOLS %}
   {% set so_postgres_user_pass = salt['pillar.get']('postgres:auth:users:so_postgres_user:pass', salt['random.get_str'](72, chars=CHARS)) %}
 
-  {# Per-minion Telegraf Postgres credentials. Merge currently-up minions with any #}
+# Admin cred only. Per-minion Telegraf creds live in telegraf/creds.sls,
-  {# previously-known entries in pillar so existing passwords persist across runs. #}
+# managed by /usr/sbin/so-telegraf-cred (called from so-minion).
-  {% set existing = salt['pillar.get']('postgres:auth:users', {}) %}
-  {% set up_minions = salt['saltutil.runner']('manage.up') or [] %}
-  {% set telegraf_users = {} %}
-  {% for key, entry in existing.items() %}
-    {%- if key.startswith('telegraf_') and entry.get('user') and entry.get('pass') %}
-      {%- do telegraf_users.update({key: entry}) %}
-    {%- endif %}
-  {% endfor %}
-  {% for mid in up_minions %}
-    {%- set safe = mid | replace('.','_') | replace('-','_') | lower %}
-    {%- set key = 'telegraf_' ~ safe %}
-    {%- if key not in telegraf_users %}
-      {%- do telegraf_users.update({key: {'user': 'so_telegraf_' ~ safe, 'pass': salt['random.get_str'](72, chars=CHARS)}}) %}
-    {%- endif %}
-  {% endfor %}
-
 postgres_auth_pillar:
   file.managed:
     - name: /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/postgres/auth.sls
@@ -43,44 +27,7 @@ postgres_auth_pillar:
               so_postgres_user:
                 user: so_postgres
                 pass: "{{ so_postgres_user_pass }}"
-              {% for key, entry in telegraf_users.items() %}
-              {{ key }}:
-                user: {{ entry.user }}
-                pass: "{{ entry.pass }}"
-              {% endfor %}
     - show_changes: False
-
-  {# Fan a specific minion's telegraf cred out to its own pillar file. Only
-     runs when postgres_fanout_minion pillar is provided — otherwise this state
-     is a no-op. That keeps manager highstates from doing N so-yaml.py forks
-     when nothing changed. The reactor passes postgres_fanout_minion through
-     the orch on salt-key accept; soup handles bulk backfill separately. #}
-  {% set fanout_mid = salt['pillar.get']('postgres_fanout_minion') %}
-  {% if fanout_mid %}
-    {%- set safe = fanout_mid | replace('.','_') | replace('-','_') | lower %}
-    {%- set key = 'telegraf_' ~ safe %}
-    {%- set entry = telegraf_users.get(key) %}
-    {%- if entry %}
-
-postgres_telegraf_minion_pillar_{{ safe }}:
-  cmd.run:
-    - name: |
-        set -e
-        PILLAR_FILE=/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/{{ fanout_mid }}.sls
-        if [ ! -f "$PILLAR_FILE" ]; then
-          echo '{}' > "$PILLAR_FILE"
-          chown socore:socore "$PILLAR_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true
-          chmod 640 "$PILLAR_FILE"
-        fi
-        /usr/sbin/so-yaml.py replace "$PILLAR_FILE" postgres.telegraf.user '{{ entry.user }}'
-        /usr/sbin/so-yaml.py replace "$PILLAR_FILE" postgres.telegraf.pass '{{ entry.pass }}'
-    - unless: |
-        [ "$(/usr/sbin/so-yaml.py get -r /opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/{{ fanout_mid }}.sls postgres.telegraf.user 2>/dev/null)" = '{{ entry.user }}' ]
-    - require:
-      - file: postgres_auth_pillar
-
-    {%- endif %}
-  {% endif %}
 {% else %}
 
 {{sls}}_state_not_allowed:

salt/postgres/telegraf_users.sls

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 {# postgres_wait_ready below requires `docker_container: so-postgres`, which is
    declared in postgres.enabled. Include it here so state.apply postgres.telegraf_users
-   on its own (from the reactor orch or from soup) still has that ID in scope. Salt
+   on its own (e.g. from orch.deploy_newnode) still has that ID in scope. Salt
    de-duplicates the circular include. #}
 include:
   - postgres.enabled
@@ -96,9 +96,9 @@ postgres_telegraf_group_role:
     - require:
       - cmd: postgres_create_telegraf_db
 
-{%   set users = salt['pillar.get']('postgres:auth:users', {}) %}
+{%   set creds = salt['pillar.get']('telegraf:postgres_creds', {}) %}
-{%   for key, entry in users.items() %}
+{%   for mid, entry in creds.items() %}
-{%     if key.startswith('telegraf_') and entry.get('user') and entry.get('pass') %}
+{%     if entry.get('user') and entry.get('pass') %}
 {%       set u = entry.user %}
 {%       set p = entry.pass | replace("'", "''") %}
 

salt/reactor/telegraf_user_sync.sls

@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-# 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.
-
-{# Fires on salt/key. Only act on successful key acceptance — not reauth. #}
-{% if data.get('act') == 'accept' and data.get('result') == True and data.get('id') %}
-
-{{ data['id'] }}_telegraf_pg_sync:
-  runner.state.orchestrate:
-    - args:
-      - mods: orch.telegraf_postgres_sync
-      - pillar:
-          postgres_fanout_minion: {{ data['id'] }}
-
-{% do salt.log.info('telegraf_user_sync reactor: syncing telegraf PG user for minion %s' % data['id']) %}
-
-{% endif %}

salt/salt/master.sls

@@ -62,19 +62,6 @@ engines_config:
     - name: /etc/salt/master.d/engines.conf
     - source: salt://salt/files/engines.conf
 
-reactor_config_telegraf:
-  file.managed:
-    - name: /etc/salt/master.d/reactor_telegraf.conf
-    - contents: |
-        reactor:
-          - 'salt/key':
-            - /opt/so/saltstack/default/salt/reactor/telegraf_user_sync.sls
-    - user: root
-    - group: root
-    - mode: 644
-    - watch_in:
-      - service: salt_master_service
-
 # update the bootstrap script when used for salt-cloud
 salt_bootstrap_cloud:
   file.managed:

salt/telegraf/etc/telegraf.conf

@@ -10,12 +10,12 @@
 {%- set LOGSTASH_ENABLED = LOGSTASH_MERGED.enabled %}
 {%- set TG_OUT = TELEGRAFMERGED.output | upper %}
 {%- set PG_HOST = GLOBALS.manager_ip %}
-{#- Per-minion telegraf creds are written into the minion's own pillar file
+{#- Per-minion telegraf creds live in the grid-wide telegraf/creds.sls pillar,
-    (/opt/so/saltstack/local/pillar/minions/<id>.sls) by postgres.auth on the
+    written by /usr/sbin/so-telegraf-cred on the manager. Each minion looks up
-    manager. Each minion only sees its own password — the aggregate map in
+    its own entry by grains.id. #}
-    postgres:auth:users is manager-scoped. #}
+{%- set PG_ENTRY = salt['pillar.get']('telegraf:postgres_creds:' ~ grains.id, {}) %}
-{%- set PG_USER = salt['pillar.get']('postgres:telegraf:user', '') %}
+{%- set PG_USER = PG_ENTRY.get('user', '') %}
-{%- set PG_PASS = salt['pillar.get']('postgres:telegraf:pass', '') %}
+{%- set PG_PASS = PG_ENTRY.get('pass', '') %}
 # Global tags can be specified here in key="value" format.
 [global_tags]
   role = "{{ GLOBALS.role.split('-') | last }}"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@
   # insecure_skip_verify = false
 {%- endif %}
 
-{%- if TG_OUT in ['POSTGRES', 'BOTH'] %}
+{%- if TG_OUT in ['POSTGRES', 'BOTH'] and PG_USER and PG_PASS %}
 # Configuration for sending metrics to PostgreSQL.
 # options='-c role=so_telegraf' makes every connection SET ROLE to the shared
 # group role so tables created on first write are owned by so_telegraf, and