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+---
+# timesheets defaults/main.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: © 2020 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+# unix username/groupname
+timesheets_username: "timesheets"
+timesheets_groupname: "timesheets"
+timesheets_comment: "Timesheets NodeJS application"
+
+# git repos
+timesheetsdb_repo: "https://github.com/opennetworkinglab/timesheetsdb"
+timesheetsdb_version: "master"
+
+timesheetsui_repo: "https://github.com/opennetworkinglab/timesheetsui"
+timesheetsui_version: "master"
+
+# directories
+timesheets_dir: "/opt/timesheets"
+
+# postgres db settings
+timesheets_pg_db: "timesheets"
+timesheets_pg_db_username: "timesheets_db_user"
+timesheets_pg_db_password: "timesheets_db_pass"