Lock your swarm to protect its encryption key — Rotate the unlock key
You should rotate the locked swarm's unlock key on a regular schedule.
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You should rotate the locked swarm's unlock key on a regular schedule.
> [!WARNING] > > When you rotate the unlock key, keep a record of the old key > around for a few minutes, so that if a manager goes down before it gets the new > key, it may still be unlocked with the old one.
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