On first attempt slave-01_controller was offline, or atleast it was considered offline by nailgun database, that is why this error occured.
from nailgun/app.log
2014-11-18 01:15:48.669 WARNING [7f93d1652740] (manager) Checking prerequisites failed: Nodes "slave-01_controller (id=1, mac=64:a6:70:79:87:68)" are offline. Remove them from environment and try again.
from nailgun/assasind.log
2014-11-18 01:15:21.540 INFO [7ff0f23b0700] (notification) Notification: topic: error message: Node 'slave-01_controller' has gone away
On second attempt (via cli) this node was brought back by nailgun and deployment was started correctly
On first attempt slave-01_controller was offline, or atleast it was considered offline by nailgun database, that is why this error occured.
from nailgun/app.log
2014-11-18 01:15:48.669 WARNING [7f93d1652740] (manager) Checking prerequisites failed: Nodes "slave- 01_controller (id=1, mac=64: a6:70:79: 87:68)" are offline. Remove them from environment and try again.
from nailgun/ assasind. log
2014-11-18 01:15:21.540 INFO [7ff0f23b0700] (notification) Notification: topic: error message: Node 'slave- 01_controller' has gone away
On second attempt (via cli) this node was brought back by nailgun and deployment was started correctly