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+---
+# jenkins vars/Debian.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# NOTE: Only put platform/OS-specific variables in this file.
+# Put all other variables in the 'defaults/main.yml' file.
+
+
+# repo of Jenkins debian package
+jenkins_repo_url: "deb https://pkg.jenkins.io/debian-stable binary/"
+
+# name of the Jenkins service
+jenkins_service: "jenkins"
+
+jenkins_proxy_host: ""
+jenkins_proxy_port: ""
+
+jenkins_admin_username: "admin"
+jenkins_admin_password: "changeme"
+
+jenkins_init_file: /etc/default/jenkins
+jenkins_java_options_env_var: JAVA_ARGS