Added ssl verify flag to the gitfs backend.

conf/master

@@ -356,6 +356,13 @@
 #  - git://github.com/saltstack/salt-states.git
 #  - file:///var/git/saltmaster
 #
+# The gitfs_ssl_verify option specifies whether to ignore ssl certificate
+# errors when contacting the gitfs backend. You might want to set this to
+# false if you're using a git backend that uses a self-signed certificate but
+# keep in mind that setting this flag to anything other than the default of True
+# is a security concern, you may want to try using the ssh transport.
+#gitfs_ssl_verify: True
+#
 # The repos will be searched in order to find the file requested by a client
 # and the first repo to have the file will return it.
 # When using the git backend branches and tags are translated into salt
@@ -389,7 +396,7 @@
 # errors when contacting the pillar gitfs backend. You might want to set this to
 # false if you're using a git backend that uses a self-signed certificate but
 # keep in mind that setting this flag to anything other than the default of True
-# is a security concern.
+# is a security concern, you may want to try using the ssh transport.
 #pillar_gitfs_ssl_verify: True
 
 # The pillar_opts option adds the master configuration file data to a dict in

salt/fileserver/gitfs.py

@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ def init():
         if not repo.remotes:
             try:
                 repo.create_remote('origin', opt)
+                # ignore git ssl verification if requested
+                if __opts__.get('gitfs_ssl_verify', True):
+                    repo.git.config('http.sslVerify', 'true')
+                else:
+                    repo.git.config('http.sslVerify', 'false')
             except Exception:
                 # This exception occurs when two processes are trying to write
                 # to the git config at once, go ahead and pass over it since

salt/pillar/git_pillar.py

@@ -115,15 +115,17 @@ def init(branch, repo_location):
     if not repo.remotes:
         try:
             repo.create_remote('origin', repo_location)
+            # ignore git ssl verification if requested
+            if __opts__.get('pillar_gitfs_ssl_verify', True):
+                repo.git.config('http.sslVerify', 'true')
+            else:
+                repo.git.config('http.sslVerify', 'false')
         except Exception:
+            # This exception occurs when two processes are trying to write
+            # to the git config at once, go ahead and pass over it since
+            # this is the only write
+            # This should place a lock down
             pass
-
-    # ignore git ssl verification if requested
-    if __opts__.get('pillar_gitfs_ssl_verify', True):
-        repo.git.config('http.sslVerify', 'true')
-    else:
-        repo.git.config('http.sslVerify', 'false')
-
     repo.git.fetch()
     return repo