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+---
+# node_exporter handlers/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2021 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: start-node-exporter
+  service:
+    state: started
+    name: node_exporter