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+# Copyright 2015 OpenStack Foundation
+# All Rights Reserved.
+#
+#    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.
+
+# This package got introduced during the Mitaka cycle in 2015 to
+# have a central place where the config options of Nova can be maintained.
+# For more background see the blueprint "centralize-config-options"
+
+from oslo_config import cfg
+
+from nova.conf import serial_console
+
+CONF = cfg.CONF
+
+serial_console.register_opts(CONF)