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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.
+
+# docker-registry/defaults/main.yml
+
+pki_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/pki"
+credentials_dir: "{{ playbook_dir }}/credentials"
+
+# docker registry settings
+docker_registry_dir: "/var/lib/docker_registry"
+
+docker_registry_image: "registry:2"
+docker_registry_ext_port: "5000"
+
+docker_registry_http_secret: "{{ lookup('password', credentials_dir ~ '/docker_registry_http_secret chars=ascii_letters,digits,length=32') }}"
+