Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/develop' into develop
diff --git a/infrastructure-provisioning/src/general/lib/os/fab.py b/infrastructure-provisioning/src/general/lib/os/fab.py
index bb89cd5..0f17f6c 100644
--- a/infrastructure-provisioning/src/general/lib/os/fab.py
+++ b/infrastructure-provisioning/src/general/lib/os/fab.py
@@ -1139,7 +1139,8 @@
         attempt = 0
         while attempt < 15:
             print('connection attempt {}'.format(attempt))
-            conn = Connection(host = hostname, user = username, connect_kwargs={'key_filename': keyfile})
+            conn = Connection(host = hostname, user = username, connect_kwargs={'banner_timeout': 60,
+                                                                                'key_filename': keyfile})
             conn.config.run.echo = True
             try:
                 conn.run('ls')