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+# Copyright 2017-present Open Networking Foundation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# physical-example Pod Config
+# Example configuration for a physical CORD pod
+
+# The name of the scenario to use, found in the scenarios directory
+# `cord` is the standard CORD POD with XOS, ONOS, MaaS and OpenStack
+cord_scenario: cord
+
+# The name of the profile to use, found in the
+# platform-install/profile_manifests directory
+# Example values: `rcord`, `ecord`, `mcord`, `opencloud`
+cord_profile: <must_be_set>
+
+# Bring up the corddev VM. This is the `build` node as specified in ansible
+# inventory below.
+vagrant_vms:
+ - 'corddev'
+
+# NOTE: Many of these items are described in more detail in the Build System
+# Variable Glossary: https://guide.opencord.org/build_glossary.html
+
+# Location of the cord_profile directory to be mounted in the `corddev` VM by
+# Vagrant.
+#
+# host_cord_profile_dir: "/path_to/cord_profile"
+
+# Set these directory paths if the defaults aren't suitable, or if deploying
+# multiple pods from the same source tree where the credentials, keys, and
+# profile should differ. These are paths on the config node.
+#
+# credentials_dir: '/path_to/credentials'
+# pki_dir: '/path_to/pki'
+# ssh_pki_dir: '/path_to/ssh_pki'
+
+# Variables. Default values are specified here
+
+# IP address used for the ONOS fabric interface on the head node
+#
+# fabric_ip: '10.6.1.0/24'
+
+# Low and high addresses to assign to on the fabric
+#
+# fabric_range_low: '10.6.1.2'
+# fabric_range_high: '10.6.1.100'
+
+# IP and range of the management network, which MaaS serves DHCP.
+#
+# management_ip: '10.6.0.0/24'
+# management_network: '10.6.0.0/24'
+
+# Low and high addresses to assign to on the management network
+#
+# management_range_low: '10.6.0.2'
+# management_range_high: '10.6.0.127'
+
+# name or IP of the POD head node, used to SSH to the head node. You can also
+# specify the head node user here in user@hostname format.  This could also be
+# `cord@headnode.site1.opencord.org` as specified later in inventory, if
+# external DNS is set up.
+headnode: 'cord@10.80.1.200'
+
+# External interface device name on head node
+external_iface: 'eth2'
+
+# External interface ip/range on head node
+external_ip: '10.80.1.200/24'
+
+# Gateway IP address
+external_gw: '10.80.1.1'
+
+# address and port of docker registry (on the head node)
+deploy_docker_registry: "10.80.1.200:5000"
+
+# Additional network config documentation can be found here:
+# https://guide.opencord.org/appendix_network_settings.html
+
+# Additional makefile targets
+
+# key-based SSH auth is required for some portions of the build, specifically
+# the 'synchronize' task. Enable this to generate a SSH key on the config node
+# and have the head node trust it.
+# copy_cord_prereqs:
+#   - 'config-ssh-key'
+
+# skipTags is used in MaaS options allow various part of the deployment to be skipped
+#
+# switch_support - does not deploy switch boot images to the PXE server
+#
+# reboot - will not reboot the head node after updating its network configuration
+#          this may mean the network configuration will not take effect, but will
+#          also prevent you from being locked out of the server if there is a
+#          network configuration error.
+#
+# interface_config - will not modify the network configuration of the head node,
+#                    including the consistent naming of the network interfaces
+skipTags:
+#  - 'switch_support'
+#  - 'reboot'
+#  - 'interface_config'
+
+# Inventory for ansible, used to generate inventory.ini
+#
+# A physical podconfig must contain this, and will minimally set the head node
+# address in the `head` section..
+#
+# There must be config, build, head, and compute sections
+inventory_groups:
+
+  config:
+    localhost:
+      ansible_connection: local
+
+  build:
+    corddev:
+
+  head:
+    headnode.site1.opencord.org:
+# If you do not have DNS set up that will resolve the headnode address, you can
+# specify the IP address here.
+#
+#      ansible_host: 10.80.1.200
+#
+# Set these if you don't have SSH keys set up between the config node (where
+# make runs) and the head node. Also, make sure to enable the 'config-ssh-key'
+# further up in the file to create these.
+#
+#      ansible_user: cord
+#      ansible_ssh_pass: cordpass
+
+  compute:
+