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+# Deployment configuration for a phyical hardware POD
+---
+seedServer:
+  # IP address of the head node
+  ip: '10.90.0.2'
+
+  # If the head node is being accessed via a tunnel or reponds to SSH on a non-
+  # standard port, the port value should be set.
+  # port: '2022'
+
+  # User name and password used by Ansible to connect to the host for remote
+  # provisioning
+  user: 'ubuntu'
+  password: 'ubuntu'
+
+  # Network address information for the head node:
+  #
+  # fabric_ip     - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connected to the leaf - spine fabric
+  #
+  # management_ip - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connecting the head node to the POD internal
+  #                 management network. The head node will deliver DHCP addresses to
+  #                 the other compute nodes over this interface
+  #
+  # external_ip   - the IP address and mask bits to be used to configure the network
+  #                 interface connecting the head node (and the POD) to the
+  #                 Internet. All traffic in the POD to external hosts will be
+  #                 NAT-ed through this interface
+  # management_iface - the name of the interface that connects the head node to the POD
+  #                    internal network.
+  # external_iface   - the name of the interface that connects the head node to the
+  #                    Internet
+  # management_network - the network and mask bits to used for hosts on the management
+  #                      network
+  fabric_ip: '10.6.1.1/24'
+  management_ip: '10.6.0.1/24'
+  external_ip: '47.135.132.21/24'
+  #management_iface: 'eth3'
+  #external_iface: 'eth2'
+  management_network: 10.1.0.0/24
+
+  # the skipTags 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'
+
+docker:
+  imageVersion: candidate
+
+otherNodes:
+  # Experimental
+  #
+  # Specifies the subnet and address range that will be used to allocate IP addresses
+  # to the compute nodes as they are deployed into the POD.
+  fabric:
+    network: 10.1.1.1/24
+    management: 10.1.0.0/24
+    range_low: 10.1.1.2
+    range_high: 10.6.1.253