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+# Note this is only used by the system-config-run-nodepool job for
+# testing purposes only.  It lives here because we want to test the
+# configuration deployment with unmodified project-config.
+---
+
+elements-dir: /etc/nodepool/elements
+images-dir: /opt/nodepool_dib
+
+zookeeper-servers:
+  - host: localhost
+    port: 2181
+
+diskimages: []
+
+labels: []
+
+providers: []