updated to allow deployment to be driven by a configuration file
diff --git a/config/default.yml b/config/default.yml
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+# Deployment configuration for VirtualBox based head node.
+#
+# This deployment configuration can be utilized with the head node created
+# via `vargrant up headnode` from the gerrit.opencord.org/maas repository.
+---
+seedNode:
+  ip: '10.100.198.202'
+
+  # User name and password used by Ansible to connect to the host for remote
+  # provisioning
+  user: 'vagrant'
+  password: 'vagrant'
+
+  # Specifies tasks within the head node provisioning not to execute, including:
+  #
+  # switch_support -   don't download the switch ONL images as there are no 
+  #                    switches in this configuration
+  # interface_config - don't update the network configuration of the headnode
+  #                    as it is configured by vagrant to the proper settings
+  skipTags:
+    - 'switch_support'
+    - 'interface_config'
+
+  # Specifies the extra settings required for this configuration
+  #
+  # virtualbox_support - install support for managing virtual box based
+  #                      compute nodes
+  extraVars:
+    - 'virtualbox_support=1'
+
+otherServers:
+  # Specifies the configuration for dynamically added compute nodes
+  location: 'http://gerrit.opencord.org/maas'
+  rolesPath: 'roles'
+  role: 'compute-node'
diff --git a/config/pod5.yml b/config/pod5.yml
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+# Deployment configuration for a phyical hardware POD
+---
+seedNode:
+  ip: '47.135.132.21'
+  # 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
+  fabric_ip: '10.6.1.1/24'
+  management_ip: '10.6.0.1/24'
+  external_ip: '47.135.132.21/24'
+
+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: 10.6.1.1/24
+    range_low: 10.6.1.2
+    range_high: 10.6.1.253