diff --git a/salt/files/minion.d/_defaults.conf b/salt/files/minion.d/_defaults.conf
index 38a7068d9c3a4e91a14c401a4b129785daaf16f2..2f70112c0d6739c37d33669c8119070a4a5f870d 100644
--- a/salt/files/minion.d/_defaults.conf
+++ b/salt/files/minion.d/_defaults.conf
@@ -21,18 +21,18 @@
 # as the main minion config file).
 {{ get_config('default_include', 'minion.d/*.conf') }}
 
-# Set the location of the salt master server, if the master server cannot be
+# Set the location of the salt master server. If the master server cannot be
 # resolved, then the minion will fail to start.
 {{ get_config('master', 'salt') }}
 
 # If multiple masters are specified in the 'master' setting, the default behavior
 # is to always try to connect to them in the order they are listed. If random_master is
 # set to True, the order will be randomized instead. This can be helpful in distributing
-# the load of many minions executing salt-call requests, for example from a cron job.
+# the load of many minions executing salt-call requests, for example, from a cron job.
 # If only one master is listed, this setting is ignored and a warning will be logged.
 {{ get_config('random_master', 'False') }}
 
-# Set whether the minion should connect to the master via IPv6
+# Set whether the minion should connect to the master via IPv6:
 {{ get_config('ipv6', 'False') }}
 
 # Set the number of seconds to wait before attempting to resolve
@@ -40,13 +40,13 @@
 # Set to zero if the minion should shutdown and not retry.
 {{ get_config('retry_dns', '30') }}
 
-# Set the port used by the master reply and authentication server
+# Set the port used by the master reply and authentication server.
 {{ get_config('master_port', '4506') }}
 
-# The user to run salt
+# The user to run salt.
 {{ get_config('user', 'root') }}
 
-# Specify the location of the daemon process ID file
+# Specify the location of the daemon process ID file.
 {{ get_config('pidfile', '/var/run/salt-minion.pid') }}
 
 # The root directory prepended to these options: pki_dir, cachedir, log_file,
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 
 # Custom static grains for this minion can be specified here and used in SLS
 # files just like all other grains. This example sets 4 custom grains, with
-# the 'roles' grain having two values that can be matched against:
+# the 'roles' grain having two values that can be matched against.
 #grains:
 #  roles:
 #    - webserver
@@ -84,35 +84,38 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 #  cab_u: 14-15
 {{ get_config('grains', '{}') }}
 
-# Where cache data goes
+# Where cache data goes.
 {{ get_config('cachedir', '/var/cache/salt/minion') }}
 
-# Verify and set permissions on configuration directories at startup
+# Verify and set permissions on configuration directories at startup.
 {{ get_config('verify_env', 'True') }}
 
 # The minion can locally cache the return data from jobs sent to it, this
 # can be a good way to keep track of jobs the minion has executed
-# (on the minion side). By default this feature is disabled, to enable
-# set cache_jobs to True
+# (on the minion side). By default this feature is disabled, to enable, set
+# cache_jobs to True.
 {{ get_config('cache_jobs', 'False') }}
 
-# set the directory used to hold unix sockets
+# Set the directory used to hold unix sockets.
 {{ get_config('sock_dir', '/var/run/salt/minion') }}
 
 # Set the default outputter used by the salt-call command. The default is
-# "nested"
+# "nested".
 {{ get_config('output', 'nested') }}
 #
-# By default output is colored, to disable colored output set the color value
-# to False
+# By default output is colored. To disable colored output, set the color value
+# to False.
 {{ get_config('color', 'True') }}
 
+# Do not strip off the colored output from nested results and state outputs
+# (true by default).
+{{ get_config('strip_colors', 'False') }}
+
 # Backup files that are replaced by file.managed and file.recurse under
 # 'cachedir'/file_backups relative to their original location and appended
 # with a timestamp. The only valid setting is "minion". Disabled by default.
 #
 # Alternatively this can be specified for each file in state files:
-#
 # /etc/ssh/sshd_config:
 #   file.managed:
 #     - source: salt://ssh/sshd_config
@@ -130,23 +133,46 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 # set to zero, the time between reconnection attempts will stay constant.
 {{ get_config('acceptance_wait_time_max', '0') }}
 
+# If the master rejects the minion's public key, retry instead of exiting.
+# Rejected keys will be handled the same as waiting on acceptance.
+{{ get_config('rejected_retry', 'False') }}
+
 # When the master key changes, the minion will try to re-auth itself to receive
 # the new master key. In larger environments this can cause a SYN flood on the
 # master because all minions try to re-auth immediately. To prevent this and
 # have a minion wait for a random amount of time, use this optional parameter.
-# The wait-time will be a random number of seconds between
-# 0 and the defined value.
+# The wait-time will be a random number of seconds between 0 and the defined value.
 {{ get_config('random_reauth_delay', '60') }}
 
 # When waiting for a master to accept the minion's public key, salt will
 # continuously attempt to reconnect until successful. This is the timeout value,
 # in seconds, for each individual attempt. After this timeout expires, the minion
-# will wait for acceptance_wait_time seconds before trying again.
-# Unless your master is under unusually heavy load, this should be left at the default.
-{{ get_config('auth_timeout', '3') }}
+# will wait for acceptance_wait_time seconds before trying again. Unless your master
+# is under unusually heavy load, this should be left at the default.
+{{ get_config('auth_timeout', '60') }}
+
+# Number of consecutive SaltReqTimeoutError that are acceptable when trying to
+# authenticate.
+{{ get_config('auth_tries', '7') }}
 
+# If authentication fails due to SaltReqTimeoutError during a ping_interval,
+# cause sub minion process to restart.
+{{ get_config('auth_safemode', 'False') }}
 
-# If you don't have any problems with syn-floods, dont bother with the
+# Ping Master to ensure connection is alive (minutes).
+{{ get_config('ping_interval', '0') }}
+
+# To auto recover minions if master changes IP address (DDNS)
+#    auth_tries: 10
+#    auth_safemode: False
+#    ping_interval: 90
+#    restart_on_error: True
+#
+# Minions won't know master is missing until a ping fails. After the ping fail,
+# the minion will attempt authentication and likely fails out and cause a restart.
+# When the minion restarts it will resolve the masters IP and attempt to reconnect.
+
+# If you don't have any problems with syn-floods, don't bother with the
 # three recon_* settings described below, just leave the defaults!
 #
 # The ZeroMQ pull-socket that binds to the masters publishing interface tries
@@ -155,9 +181,8 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 # minions reconnect immediately which might flood the master (the ZeroMQ-default
 # is usually a 100ms delay). To prevent this, these three recon_* settings
 # can be used.
-#
 # recon_default: the interval in milliseconds that the socket should wait before
-#                trying to reconnect to the master (100ms = 1 second)
+#                trying to reconnect to the master (1000ms = 1 second)
 #
 # recon_max: the maximum time a socket should wait. each interval the time to wait
 #            is calculated by doubling the previous time. if recon_max is reached,
@@ -176,23 +201,20 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 #                  and recon_max value kind of defeats the purpose of being able to
 #                  change these settings. If all minions have the same values and your
 #                  setup is quite large (several thousand minions), they will still
-#                  flood the master. The desired behaviour is to have timeframe within
+#                  flood the master. The desired behavior is to have timeframe within
 #                  all minions try to reconnect.
-
-# Example on how to use these settings:
-# The goal: have all minions reconnect within a 60 second timeframe on a disconnect
 #
-# The settings:
-#recon_default: 1000
-#recon_max: 59000
-#recon_randomize: True
+# Example on how to use these settings. The goal: have all minions reconnect within a
+# 60 second timeframe on a disconnect.
+# recon_default: 1000
+# recon_max: 59000
+# recon_randomize: True
 #
 # Each minion will have a randomized reconnect value between 'recon_default'
 # and 'recon_default + recon_max', which in this example means between 1000ms
 # 60000ms (or between 1 and 60 seconds). The generated random-value will be
 # doubled after each attempt to reconnect. Lets say the generated random
 # value is 11 seconds (or 11000ms).
-#
 # reconnect 1: wait 11 seconds
 # reconnect 2: wait 22 seconds
 # reconnect 3: wait 33 seconds
@@ -237,20 +259,25 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 # is not enabled.
 {{ get_config('grains_cache_expiration', '300') }}
 
-
-# When healing, a dns_check is run. This is to make sure that the originally
-# resolved dns has not changed. If this is something that does not happen in
-# your environment, set this value to False.
-{{ get_config('dns_check', 'True') }}
-
 # Windows platforms lack posix IPC and must rely on slower TCP based inter-
 # process communications. Set ipc_mode to 'tcp' on such systems
 {{ get_config('ipc_mode', 'ipc') }}
-#
+
 # Overwrite the default tcp ports used by the minion when in tcp mode
 {{ get_config('tcp_pub_port', '4510') }}
 {{ get_config('tcp_pull_port', '4511') }}
 
+# Passing very large events can cause the minion to consume large amounts of
+# memory. This value tunes the maximum size of a message allowed onto the
+# minion event bus. The value is expressed in bytes.
+{{ get_config('max_event_size', '1048576') }}
+
+# To detect failed master(s) and fire events on connect/disconnect, set
+# master_alive_interval to the number of seconds to poll the masters for
+# connection events.
+#
+{{ get_config('master_alive_interval', '30') }}
+
 # The minion can include configuration from other files. To enable this,
 # pass a list of paths to this option. The paths can be either relative or
 # absolute; if relative, they are considered to be relative to the directory
@@ -258,7 +285,6 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 # of shell-style globbing. If no files are matched by a path passed to this
 # option then the minion will log a warning message.
 #
-#
 # Include a config file from some other path:
 # include: /etc/salt/extra_config
 #
@@ -286,10 +312,11 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
     {% endif -%}
 {% endif -%}
 
+
 #####   Minion module management     #####
 ##########################################
 # Disable specific modules. This allows the admin to limit the level of
-# access the master has to the minion
+# access the master has to the minion.
 {{ get_config('disable_modules', '[cmd,test]') }}
 {{ get_config('disable_returners', '[]') }}
 #
@@ -301,12 +328,12 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 {{ get_config('returner_dirs', '[]') }}
 {{ get_config('states_dirs', '[]') }}
 {{ get_config('render_dirs', '[]') }}
+{{ get_config('utils_dirs', '[]') }}
 #
 # A module provider can be statically overwritten or extended for the minion
 # via the providers option, in this case the default module will be
 # overwritten by the specified module. In this example the pkg module will
 # be provided by the yumpkg5 module instead of the system default.
-#
 #providers:
 #  pkg: yumpkg5
 {{ get_config('providers', '{}') }}
@@ -314,14 +341,11 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 # Enable Cython modules searching and loading. (Default: False)
 {{ get_config('cython_enable', 'False') }}
 #
-#
-#
-# Specify a max size (in bytes) for modules on import
-# this feature is currently only supported on *nix OSs and requires psutil
+# Specify a max size (in bytes) for modules on import. This feature is currently
+# only supported on *nix operating systems and requires psutil.
 {{ get_config('modules_max_memory', '-1') }}
 
 
-
 #####    State Management Settings    #####
 ###########################################
 # The state management system executes all of the state templates on the minion
@@ -339,21 +363,21 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 {{ get_config('renderer', 'yaml_jinja') }}
 #
 # The failhard option tells the minions to stop immediately after the first
-# failure detected in the state execution, defaults to False
+# failure detected in the state execution. Defaults to False.
 {{ get_config('failhard', 'False') }}
 #
-# autoload_dynamic_modules Turns on automatic loading of modules found in the
-# environments on the master. This is turned on by default, to turn of
-# autoloading modules when states run set this value to False
+# autoload_dynamic_modules turns on automatic loading of modules found in the
+# environments on the master. This is turned on by default. To turn of
+# autoloading modules when states run, set this value to False.
 {{ get_config('autoload_dynamic_modules', 'True') }}
 #
 # clean_dynamic_modules keeps the dynamic modules on the minion in sync with
 # the dynamic modules on the master, this means that if a dynamic module is
-# not on the master it will be deleted from the minion. By default this is
-# enabled and can be disabled by changing this value to False
+# not on the master it will be deleted from the minion. By default, this is
+# enabled and can be disabled by changing this value to False.
 {{ get_config('clean_dynamic_modules', 'True') }}
 #
-# Normally the minion is not isolated to any single environment on the master
+# Normally, the minion is not isolated to any single environment on the master
 # when running states, but the environment can be isolated on the minion side
 # by statically setting it. Remember that the recommended way to manage
 # environments is to isolate via the top file.
@@ -369,14 +393,24 @@ id: {{ cfg_minion['id'] }}
 # 'top' -- Read top_file option and execute based on that file on the Master
 {{ get_config('startup_states', "''") }}
 #
-# list of states to run when the minion starts up if startup_states is 'sls'
+# List of states to run when the minion starts up if startup_states is 'sls':
 #sls_list:
 #  - edit.vim
 #  - hyper
 {{ get_config('sls_list', '[]') }}
-# top file to execute if startup_states is 'top'
+#
+# Top file to execute if startup_states is 'top':
 {{ get_config('top_file', "''") }}
 
+# Automatically aggregate all states that have support for mod_aggregate by
+# setting to True. Or pass a list of state module names to automatically
+# aggregate just those types.
+#
+# state_aggregate:
+#   - pkg
+#
+#state_aggregate: False
+
 #####     File Directory Settings    #####
 ##########################################
 # The Salt Minion can redirect all file server operations to a local directory,
@@ -424,11 +458,10 @@ file_client: local
 # to attempt to find files. To limit this behavior so that the fileserver only
 # traverses directories with SLS files and special Salt directories like _modules,
 # enable the option below. This might be useful for installations where a file root
-# has a very large number of files and performance is negatively impacted.
-#
-# Default is False.
-#
+# has a very large number of files and performance is negatively impacted. Default
+# is False.
 {{ get_config('fileserver_limit_traversal', 'False') }}
+
 #
 # Git fileserver backend configuration
 #
@@ -473,16 +506,18 @@ gitfs_remotes:
 # 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.
 {{ get_config('gitfs_ssl_verify', 'True') }}
-#
-#
+ 
 # The gitfs_root option gives the ability to serve files from a subdirectory
 # within the repository. The path is defined relative to the root of the
 # repository and defaults to the repository root.
 {{ get_config('gitfs_root', 'somefolder/otherfolder') }}
-#
+ 
 # The hash_type is the hash to use when discovering the hash of a file in
 # the local fileserver. The default is md5, but sha1, sha224, sha256, sha384
 # and sha512 are also supported.
+#
+# Warning: Prior to changing this value, the minion should be stopped and all
+# Salt caches should be cleared.
 {{ get_config('hash_type', 'md5') }}
 
 # The Salt pillar is searched for locally if file_client is set to local. If
@@ -510,6 +545,7 @@ pillar_roots:
 #    - /srv/salt
 {%- endif %}
 
+
 ######        Security settings       #####
 ###########################################
 # Enable "open mode", this mode still maintains encryption, but turns off
@@ -529,12 +565,17 @@ pillar_roots:
 # The state_verbose setting can be set to True or False, when set to False
 # all data that has a result of True and no changes will be suppressed.
 {{ get_config('state_verbose', 'True') }}
-#
+
 # The state_output setting changes if the output is the full multi line
 # output for each changed state if set to 'full', but if set to 'terse'
 # the output will be shortened to a single line.
 {{ get_config('state_output', 'full') }}
-#
+
+# The state_output_diff setting changes whether or not the output from
+# successful states is returned. Useful when even the terse output of these
+# states is cluttering the logs. Set it to True to ignore them.
+{{ get_config('state_output_diff', 'False') }}
+
 # Fingerprint of the master public key to double verify the master is valid,
 # the master fingerprint can be found by running "salt-key -F master" on the
 # salt master.
@@ -546,6 +587,7 @@ pillar_roots:
 # publication a new process is spawned and the command is executed therein.
 {{ get_config('multiprocessing', 'True') }}
 
+
 #####         Logging settings       #####
 ##########################################
 # The location of the minion log file
@@ -559,14 +601,15 @@ pillar_roots:
 #
 {{ get_config('log_file', '/var/log/salt/minion') }}
 {{ get_config('key_logfile', ' /var/log/salt/key') }}
-#
+
 # The level of messages to send to the console.
 # One of 'garbage', 'trace', 'debug', info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical'.
 # Default: 'warning'
 {{ get_config('log_level', 'warning') }}
-#
+
 # The level of messages to send to the log file.
 # One of 'garbage', 'trace', 'debug', info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical'.
+# If using 'log_granular_levels' this must be set to the highest desired level.
 # Default: 'warning'
 {{ get_config('log_level_logfile', '') }}
 
@@ -574,21 +617,22 @@ pillar_roots:
 # can be seen here: http://docs.python.org/library/time.html#time.strftime
 {{ get_config('log_datefmt', "'%H:%M:%S'") }}
 {{ get_config('log_datefmt_logfile', "'%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'") }}
-#
+
 # The format of the console logging messages. Allowed formatting options can
 # be seen here: http://docs.python.org/library/logging.html#logrecord-attributes
 {{ get_config('log_fmt_console', "'[%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s'") }}
 {{ get_config('log_fmt_logfile', "'%(asctime)s,%(msecs)03.0f [%(name)-17s][%(levelname)-8s] %(message)s'") }}
-#
+
 # This can be used to control logging levels more specificically.  This
 # example sets the main salt library at the 'warning' level, but sets
 # 'salt.modules' to log at the 'debug' level:
 #   log_granular_levels:
-#     'salt': 'warning',
+#     'salt': 'warning'
 #     'salt.modules': 'debug'
 #
 {{ get_config('log_granular_levels', '{}') }}
 
+
 ######      Module configuration      #####
 ###########################################
 # Salt allows for modules to be passed arbitrary configuration data, any data
@@ -636,20 +680,20 @@ pillar_roots:
 # the risk that it could tear down the connection the master and minion
 # without informing either party that their connection has been taken away.
 # Enabling TCP Keepalives prevents this from happening.
-#
+
 # Overall state of TCP Keepalives, enable (1 or True), disable (0 or False)
 # or leave to the OS defaults (-1), on Linux, typically disabled. Default True, enabled.
 {{ get_config('tcp_keepalive', 'True') }}
-#
+
 # How long before the first keepalive should be sent in seconds. Default 300
 # to send the first keepalive after 5 minutes, OS default (-1) is typically 7200 seconds
 # on Linux see /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_time.
 {{ get_config('tcp_keepalive_idle', '300') }}
-#
+
 # How many lost probes are needed to consider the connection lost. Default -1
 # to use OS defaults, typically 9 on Linux, see /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_probes.
 {{ get_config('tcp_keepalive_cnt', '-1') }}
-#
+
 # How often, in seconds, to send keepalives after the first one. Default -1 to
 # use OS defaults, typically 75 seconds on Linux, see
 # /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_keepalive_intvl.
@@ -658,5 +702,10 @@ pillar_roots:
 
 ######      Windows Software settings ######
 ############################################
-# Location of the repository cache file on the master
+# Location of the repository cache file on the master:
 {{ get_config('win_repo_cachefile', 'salt://win/repo/winrepo.p') }}
+
+######      Returner  settings        ######
+############################################
+# Which returner(s) will be used for minion's result:
+#return: mysql