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+---
+# Copyright 2015, Rackspace US, Inc.
+# Copyright 2017, SUSE LINUX GmbH.
+#
+# 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.
+
+packages_install:
+  - bridge-utils
+  - curl
+  - ethtool
+  - git-core
+  - lvm2
+  - python
+  - python-devel
+  - tmux
+  - vim
+  - vlan
+  - xfsprogs
+
+packages_remove: []
+
+swap_create_command: "dd if=/dev/zero of=/openstack/swap.img bs=1M count={{ (bootstrap_host_swap_size | int) * 1024 }}"
+rc_local: /etc/rc.d/boot.local
+rc_local_insert_before: EOF