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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.
+
+
+name: sdncontroller
+required_models:
+  - SDNControllerService
+  - SDNControllerVendor
+  - SDNControllerServiceInstance
+steps_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/sdncontroller/steps"
+sys_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/sdncontroller/sys"
+model_policies_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/sdncontroller/model_policies"
+models_dir: "/opt/xos/synchronizers/sdncontroller/models"
+logging:
+  version: 1
+  handlers:
+    console:
+      class: logging.StreamHandler
+  loggers:
+    'multistructlog':
+      handlers:
+          - console
+      level: DEBUG