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+---
+# unbound vars/OpenBSD.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.
+
+# config dir
+unbound_conf_dir: "/var/unbound/etc"
+
+# group with read permissions on config files
+unbound_groupname: "_unbound"
+
+# service name
+unbound_service: "unbound"