root@salt:/srv/salt# ls -R
.:
states  top.sls

./states:
mongodb

./states/mongodb:
init.sls
root@salt:/srv/salt# cat top.sls
base:
    'mongodb*':
        - states.mongodb
root@salt:/srv/salt# cat states/mongodb/init.sls
base:
    pkgrepo.managed:
        - name: deb http://downloads-distro.mongodb.org/repo/ubuntu-upstart dist 10gen
        - dist: precise
        - file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mongodb.list
        - keyid: 7F0CEB10
        - keyserver: keyserver.ubuntu.com
        - require_in:
            - pkg: mongodb-10gen
    pkg.latest:
        - name: "mongodb-10gen"
    mongodb:
        service:
            - running
            - enable: True

root@mongodb1:~# salt-call state.highstate -l all
===blahblahblah===
local:
    Data failed to compile:
----------
    The state "base" in sls states.mongodb is not formed as a list