traceback in _determine_beacon_config(...) in beacon/__init__.py line 105

[Inveracity]

Traceback occurs when running a beacon

Setup

minion config in /etc/salt/minion.d/beacon.conf

beacons:
  load:
    - 1m:
      - 0.0
      - 2.0
    - 5m:
      - 0.0
      - 1.5
    - 15m:
      - 0.1
      - 1.0
    - interval: 10

Steps to Reproduce Issue

command:
salt-minion -l debug
Traceback:

[CRITICAL] The beacon errored:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/minion.py", line 1741, in handle_beacons
    beacons = self.process_beacons(self.functions)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/minion.py", line 364, in process_beacons
    return self.beacons.process(b_conf)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/beacons/__init__.py", line 55, in process
    interval = self._determine_beacon_config(mod, 'interval', b_config)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/salt/beacons/__init__.py", line 105, in _determine_beacon_config
    config = config_mod[mod].get(val, False)
AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'get'

Minion Versions Report

Salt Version:
           Salt: 2015.8.7

Dependency Versions:
         Jinja2: 2.7.2
       M2Crypto: Not Installed
           Mako: 0.9.1
         PyYAML: 3.10
          PyZMQ: 14.4.0
         Python: 2.7.6 (default, Jun 22 2015, 17:58:13)
           RAET: Not Installed
        Tornado: 4.2.1
            ZMQ: 4.0.4
           cffi: Not Installed
       cherrypy: Not Installed
       dateutil: 1.5
          gitdb: Not Installed
      gitpython: Not Installed
          ioflo: Not Installed
        libgit2: Not Installed
        libnacl: Not Installed
   msgpack-pure: Not Installed
 msgpack-python: 0.3.0
   mysql-python: 1.2.3
      pycparser: Not Installed
       pycrypto: 2.6.1
         pygit2: Not Installed
   python-gnupg: Not Installed
          smmap: Not Installed
        timelib: Not Installed

System Versions:
           dist: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
        machine: x86_64
        release: 3.13.0-79-generic
         system: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty

[jfindlay]

@Inveracity, thanks for reporting. According to the beacon docs, you will need to format your beacon data differently. However, an incorrectly formatted beacon should not cause a critical traceback.

[Inveracity]

ah! of course, should have realised it. dict, not list.

I pulled it off of this example:
beacon monitoring interval

Thanks for your help!

[jfindlay]

So that documentation needs to be fixed as well.