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Create a Multi-Master Salt Environment
When running critical applications and infrastructure, we want to be sure to avoid any single point of failure — such as our Salt master. To allow for redundancy, we can configure multiple Salt masters that work with our minions, all of which run "hot" and can communicate with all minions. In this lab, we'll take an existing Salt master and replicate it.

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Table of Contents
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Challenge
Copy the Master Keys
- From the current master, copy over the existing master keys.
- Copy over any additional configuration files.
- On the new master, set up the configuration.
- Restart.
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Challenge
Update the Minion
- Update the minion configuration to use both masters.
- Restart the minion configuration.
- Accept the minion on the new master.
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Challenge
Run a Highstate Test
Run a highstate against the
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minion from the new master.
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