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+---
+# ds389 defaults/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2021 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+ds389_machine_name: "localhost"
+ds389_instance_name: "localhost"
+ds389_root_password: >-
+    {SSHA512}hZUoI/9C3PeGS4nphClWw6Rg2CTX4P0S74GS3YxsmfQdeBobBEkKyUycxQ1HNB9TJHVokY9dpChFOfDPbKzmf3BbiOC1YAFI
+ds389_suffix: "dc=opennetworking,dc=org"
+ds389_self_sign_cert: false
+ds389_config_dir: "/opt/ds389"