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+# Rally Snap
+
+This repository contains the source code of the snap for the OpenStack benchmark
+as a service, Rally.
+
+## Installing this snap
+
+The rally snap can be installed directly from the snap store:
+
+    sudo snap install --edge rally
+
+then setup the alias for rally-manage (this will automatically happen at some
+point in the future):
+
+    sudo snap alias rally rally-manage
+
+and then initialize your local rally db:
+
+    rally-manage db create
+
+## Support
+
+Please report any bugs related to this snap on
+[Launchpad](https://bugs.launchpad.net/snap-rally/+filebug).
+
+Alternatively you can find the OpenStack Snap team in `#openstack-snaps`
+on Freenode IRC.