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Salt is used for deployment. Configuration can be found in the rOPS repository.

Keys

master.pub:  da:70:12:f8:a5:c9:55:f3:b2:d2:1f:84:16:df:32:09:7d:a1:60:3a:b4:4c:2d:34:64:b3:f6:72:3b:c2:e1:4f

This fingerprint should be used by minions in the `master_finger` value in configuration file.

Symptoms on master: The minion doesn't reply with job result
Symptoms on minion: When running through salt-call, output shows SaltReqTimeoutError, retrying. (1/7).
Possible cause and solutions: The master key has expired on the minion: remove it on the minion with rm /etc/salt/pki/minion/minion_master.pub. If you can repro faithfully a scenario with this issue, add more details at https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/46923