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+{
+    "_template": "../cookiecutters/role",
+    "author": "Open Networking Foundation",
+    "company": "Open Networking Foundation",
+    "description": "PHP with FastCGI for nginx webserver",
+    "email": "support@opennetworking.org",
+    "issue_tracker_url": "https://jira.opennetworking.org/",
+    "license": "Apache-2.0",
+    "min_ansible_version": "2.9.5",
+    "molecule_privileged": "true",
+    "platform": "deleteme",
+    "platforms": {
+        "Ubuntu": [
+            "16.04",
+            "18.04"
+        ]
+    },
+    "role_defaults": {
+        "example_default1": "example_value1",
+        "example_default2": "example_value2"
+    },
+    "role_name": "php",
+    "year": "2020"
+}