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Salt Air

SALT AIR was refreshed and relaunched in February 2021. Salt Project runs Salt Open Source Software and SALT AIR is our favorite Salt Project video series! This is for Salt newbies and veterans alike.

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Open Hour 2022-JAN-6

Agenda General updates and announcementsThe Salty 5Community forum updatesSalt docs updatesSalt Enhancement ProposalsHelp wantedQ&A plus discussion Open Hour YouTube playlist…

Open Hour 2021-DEC-16

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Open Hour 2021-DEC-02

Agenda General updates and announcementsRelease updatesCommunity forum updatesWorking group updatesSalt extension module for vSphere: update and demoSalt Enhancement ProposalsQ&A plus…

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