We are running into an issue where locally everything works, but when deploying to servers, it results in a following error. It appears by the stack that pardot is trying to unprotect. Below is the following error. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Server Error in '/' Application. Error occurred during a cryptographic operation. Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code. Exception Details: System.Security.Cryptography.CryptographicException: Error occurred during a cryptographic operation. Source Error: [No relevant source lines] Source File: c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\5c72e1ab\4ccac373\App_global.asax.8rodf8-s.0.cs Line: 0 Stack Trace: [CryptographicException: Error occurred during a cryptographic operation.] System.Web.Security.Cryptography.HomogenizingCryptoServiceWrapper.HomogenizeErrors(Func`2 func, Byte[] input) +115 System.Web.Security.Cryptography.HomogenizingCryptoServiceWrapper.Unprotect(Byte[] protectedData) +70 System.Web.Security.MachineKey.Unprotect(ICryptoServiceProvider cryptoServiceProvider, Byte[] protectedData, String[] purposes) +62 System.Web.Security.MachineKey.Unprotect(Byte[] protectedData, String[] purposes) +121 EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration.Helpers.SecurityHelper.Unprotect(String providerName, String value) +123 EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration.Pardot.Framework.PardotManager.GetPardotSettings() +449 EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration.Pardot.Framework.PardotManager..ctor() +34 EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration.PardotProvider.get_PardotManager() +32 EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration.PardotProvider.get_Settings() +8 EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration.PardotProvider.Init(ServiceConfigurationContext serviceConfigurationContext) +138 EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration.InitializationModule.Initialize(InitializationEngine context) +282 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.Internal.<>c__DisplayClass2_0.<Initialize>b__0() +19 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.Internal.ModuleNode.Execute(Action a, String key) +52 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.Internal.ModuleNode.Initialize(InitializationEngine context) +80 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine.InitializeModules() +300 [InitializationException: Initialize action failed for Initialize on class EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration.InitializationModule, EPiServer.MarketingAutomationIntegration, Version=2.5.1.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null] EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine.InitializeModules() +669 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine.ExecuteTransition(Boolean continueTransitions) +145 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationEngine.Initialize() +40 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.<>c.<FrameworkInitialization>b__7_0(InitializationEngine e) +9 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationModule.EngineExecute(HostType hostType, Action`1 engineAction) +450 EPiServer.Framework.Initialization.InitializationModule.FrameworkInitialization(HostType hostType) +170 EPiServer.Global..ctor() +76 FCStone.Web.EPiServerApplication..ctor() +29 ASP.global_asax..ctor() in c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\5c72e1ab\4ccac373\App_global.asax.8rodf8-s.0.cs:0 [TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.] System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0 System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +114 System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +232 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +83 System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +1088 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +128 System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture) +20 System.Web.HttpRuntime.CreateNonPublicInstance(Type type, Object[] args) +60 System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +260 System.Web.Hosting.PipelineRuntime.InitializeApplication(IntPtr appContext) +296 [HttpException (0x80004005): Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.] System.Web.HttpRuntime.FirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +9963380 System.Web.HttpRuntime.EnsureFirstRequestInit(HttpContext context) +101 System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestNotificationPrivate(IIS7WorkerRequest wr, HttpContext context) +254 Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.6.1590.0