sls content :
{% set prefix = "cookiematcher" %}
{% set hostname = "REMOVE_INFOG" %}

{{prefix}}_docroot:
  file.recurse:
    - name: /var/www/{{hostname}}
    - source: salt://{{prefix}}/files/docroot
    - template: jinja
    - include_empty: True
    - context:
        hostname: {{hostname}}

----------
    State: - file
    Name:      /var/www/REMOVE_INFO
    Function:  recurse
        Result:    False
        Comment:   An exception occurred in this state: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/salt/state.py", line 1238, in call
    *cdata['args'], **cdata['kwargs'])
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/salt/states/file.py", line 1353, in recurse
    manage_file(dest, src)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/salt/states/file.py", line 1276, in manage_file
    **pass_kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/salt/states/file.py", line 814, in managed
    **kwargs
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/salt/modules/file.py", line 1380, in check_managed
    **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/salt/modules/file.py", line 1181, in get_managed
    **kwargs)
  File "/usr/lib64/python2.7/site-packages/salt/utils/templates.py", line 58, in render_tmpl
    raise exc
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode byte 0xf7 in position 10: invalid start byte

        Changes:
----------
    State: - file
    Name:      /etc/nginx/conf.d/REMOVED_INFO.conf
    Function:  managed
        Result:    False
        Comment:   One or more requisite failed
        Changes: