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+Adding/Updating Dependencies
+============================
+
+Adding new Dependency
+---------------------
+
+If you need to add a new dependency to Barbican, you must edit a few things:
+
+#. Add the package name (and minimum version if applicable) to the
+   requirements.txt file in the root directory.
+
+   .. note:: All dependencies and their version specifiers must come from the
+             Openstack `global requirements`_ repository.
+#. We support deployment on CentOS 6.4, so you should check CentOS + EPEL 6 yum
+   repos to figure out the name of the rpm package that provides the package
+   you're adding. Add this package name as a dependency in
+   ``rpmbuild/SPECS/barbican.spec``.
+#. If there is no package available in CentOS or EPEL, or if the latest
+   available package's version is lower than the minimum required version we
+   must build an rpm for it ourselves. Add a line to
+   ``rpmbuild/package_dependencies.sh`` so that jenkins will build an rpm using
+   fpm and upload it to the cloudkeep yum repo.
+
+
+.. _`global requirements`: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/requirements/tree/global-requirements.txt
+
+
+Configure/Update Project from Oslo-Incubator
+--------------------------------------------
+
+The Barbican project utilizes components from the ``oslo-incubator`` project,
+such as logging and configuration support modules. The following steps may be
+used to setup and maintain the project environment:
+
+#. In the ``barbican`` folder, ensure there is a file named
+   ``openstack-common.conf`` with content such as the following:
+
+   .. code-block:: ini
+
+       [DEFAULT]
+
+       # The list of modules to copy from openstack-common
+       modules=gettextutils,jsonutils,log,local,notifier,timeutils,uuidutils,importutils
+
+       # The base module to hold the copy of openstack.common
+       base=barbican
+#. From another directory in your environment (other than within barbican),
+   clone the ``oslo-incubator`` project as:
+   ``git clone https://github.com/openstack/oslo-incubator.git``.
+#. ``cd oslo-incubator``
+#. Configure a virtual environment, and then enter it.
+#. Execute ``pip install -r requirements.txt``.
+#. Execute ``python update.py <path to barbican folder>``. For example, if the
+   ``olso-incubator`` folder is in the same parent folder as ``barbican``,
+   supply ``../barbican`` for the path. Output such as the following should
+   occur:
+
+   .. code-block:: text
+
+       Copying openstack.common.gettextutils under the barbican module in ../barbican
+       Copying openstack.common.jsonutils under the barbican module in ../barbican
+       ...(munch)...
+       Copying openstack.common.loopingcall under the barbican module in ../barbican
+#. An ``openstack`` folder should now be visible under the ``barbican`` folder.
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    :maxdepth: 1
 
    contribute/getting_involved
+   contribute/dependencies
    setup/index
    testing
    plugin/index