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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.
+
+# helm/defaults/main.yml
+
+# These vars need to be determined on a per-OS/arch basis
+cpu_arch: "amd64"
+helm_version: "v2.8.0"
+helm_dl_checksum: "sha256:6e1f5957f9c7cec8463f38cf658bea0cf225fc324236617b23fe9044e9dd4ba7"
+
+helm_dl_url: "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-helm/helm-{{ helm_version }}-{{ ansible_system | lower }}-{{ cpu_arch }}.tar.gz"
+
+helm_bin_path: "/usr/local/bin/helm"
+