diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 672db63..6565f59 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 module github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-utils
 
 go 1.22.3
+
+require github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3
+
+require golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8 // indirect
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..21f9bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3 h1:dueUQJ1C2q9oE3F7wvmSGAaVtTmUizReu6fjN8uqzbQ=
+github.com/sirupsen/logrus v1.9.3/go.mod h1:naHLuLoDiP4jHNo9R0sCBMtWGeIprob74mVsIT4qYEQ=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 h1:nwc3DEeHmmLAfoZucVR881uASk0Mfjw8xYJ99tb5CcY=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8 h1:0A+M6Uqn+Eje4kHMK80dtF3JCXC4ykBgQG4Fe06QRhQ=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220715151400-c0bba94af5f8/go.mod h1:oPkhp1MJrh7nUepCBck5+mAzfO9JrbApNNgaTdGDITg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/logging/logging.go b/logging/logging.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d4357c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logging/logging.go
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package logging
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+// LogArgs holds the common logging arguments
+type LogArgs struct {
+	LogLevel string `arg:"-l, --log-level" default:"info" help:"Set the logging level (debug, info, warn, error)"`
+}
+
+// NewLogger returns a new logger with the given log level (info, debug, warn, error)
+func NewLogger(logLevel string) *logrus.Logger {
+	log := logrus.New()
+	log.Formatter = new(customFormatter)
+	switch logLevel {
+	case "debug":
+		log.SetLevel(logrus.DebugLevel)
+	case "info":
+		log.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
+	case "warn":
+		log.SetLevel(logrus.WarnLevel)
+	case "error":
+		log.SetLevel(logrus.ErrorLevel)
+	default:
+		log.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
+		log.Warnf("Unknown log level '%s', defaulting to info", logLevel)
+	}
+	return log
+}
+
+type customFormatter struct{}
+
+func (f *customFormatter) Format(entry *logrus.Entry) ([]byte, error) {
+	return []byte(fmt.Sprintf("[%s] %s\n", strings.ToUpper(entry.Level.String()), entry.Message)), nil
+}
diff --git a/saltutil/saltutil.go b/saltutil/saltutil.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfb8429
--- /dev/null
+++ b/saltutil/saltutil.go
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+package saltutil
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/TheCacophonyProject/go-utils/logging"
+	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+)
+
+const (
+	grainsFile    = "/etc/salt/grains"
+	nodegroupFile = "/etc/cacophony/salt-nodegroup"
+	minionIdFile  = "/etc/salt/minion_id"
+)
+
+// GetSaltGrains returns the salt grains. Optional to pass a logger, pass nil to use default.
+func GetSaltGrains(log *logrus.Logger) (map[string]string, error) {
+	// Setup logger if none is provided
+	if log == nil {
+		log = logging.NewLogger("info")
+	}
+
+	// Open up grains file
+	grains := make(map[string]string)
+	file, err := os.Open(grainsFile)
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		// Some devices will not have any grains set so this is not an error
+		log.Debugf("No grains file found: %v", err)
+		return grains, nil
+	} else if err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Failed to open grains file: %v", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	defer file.Close()
+
+	// Parse the grains file
+	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(file)
+	for scanner.Scan() {
+		line := scanner.Text()
+		line = strings.TrimSpace(line)
+		parts := strings.SplitN(line, ":", 2)
+		if len(parts) == 2 {
+			key := strings.TrimSpace(parts[0])
+			value := strings.TrimSpace(parts[1])
+			grains[key] = value
+		} else if line != "" {
+			err = fmt.Errorf("failed to parse line in grains file: '%s'", line)
+			log.Errorf(err.Error())
+			return nil, err
+		}
+	}
+	if err := scanner.Err(); err != nil {
+		log.Errorf("Error reading grains file: %v", err)
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	return grains, nil
+}
+
+func GetNodegroupFromFile() (string, error) {
+	nodegroup, err := os.ReadFile(nodegroupFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", err
+	}
+	return strings.TrimSpace(string(nodegroup)), nil
+}
+func GetMinionID(log *logrus.Logger) (string, error) {
+	// Setup logger if none is provided
+	if log == nil {
+		log = logging.NewLogger("info")
+	}
+
+	// Read salt minion ID
+	idRaw, err := os.ReadFile(minionIdFile)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Error("Error reading minion ID: " + err.Error())
+		return "", err
+	}
+	id := strings.TrimSpace(string(idRaw))
+	log.Debugf("Minion ID: '%s'", id)
+	return id, nil
+}