Which wins the /etc/salt/minion_id file or the id parameter in /etc/salt/minion? [eom]

[Charles Baker]

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[C. R. Oldham]

id: in /etc/salt/minion wins.

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[Charles Baker]

I thought that was the case but then I became uncertain.

I also found the following in the interim.

Note

Overriding the id

The minion id can be manually specified using the id parameter in the minion config file. If this configuration value is specified, it will override all other sources for the id.

http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/tutorials/walkthrough.html#minion-id-generation