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+---
+# Copyright 2016, Rackspace US, Inc.
+#
+# 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.
+
+cache_timeout: 600
+
+ironic_developer_mode_distro_packages:
+#  - git-core
+#  - libffi-dev
+  - mysql-devel
+
+ironic_api_distro_packages:
+#  - apache2
+#  - apache2-utils
+#  - libapache2-mod-wsgi
+
+ironic_conductor_distro_packages:
+#  - libxml2-dev
+  - syslinux
+#  - syslinux-common
+#  - pxelinux
+#  - libxslt1-dev
+#  - qemu-utils
+#  - libpq-dev
+#  - python-yaml
+#  - open-iscsi
+#  - ipmitool
+#  - tftpd-hpa
+
+ironic_conductor_standalone_distro_packages:
+#  - isc-dhcp-server
+
+ironic_library_modules_paths:
+  - "/usr/share/syslinux/pxelinux.0"
+  - "/usr/share/syslinux/chain.c32"
+#  - "/usr/share/syslinux/modules/bios/ldlinux.c32"  # Only needed for syslinux >= v5