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diff --git a/spec/fixtures/manifests/site.pp b/spec/fixtures/manifests/site.pp
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diff --git a/templates/api/backend.erb b/templates/api/backend.erb
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-# Which backend store should Glance use by default is not specified
-# in a request to add a new image to Glance? Default: 'file'
-# Available choices are 'file', 'swift', and 's3'
-# ================= Storage Backend ============================
-default_store = <%= config['default_store'] %>
diff --git a/templates/api/file.erb b/templates/api/file.erb
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-# ============ Filesystem Store Options ========================
-
-# Directory that the Filesystem backend store
-# writes image data to
-filesystem_store_datadir = <%= config['filesystem_store_datadir'] %>
diff --git a/templates/api/notify.erb b/templates/api/notify.erb
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-# ============ Notification System Options =====================
-
-# Notifications can be sent when images are create, updated or deleted.
-# There are three methods of sending notifications, logging (via the
-# log_file directive), rabbit (via a rabbitmq queue), qpid (via a Qpid
-# message queue), or noop (no notifications sent, the default)
-notifier_strategy = <%= config['notifier_strategy'] %>
diff --git a/templates/api/qpid.erb b/templates/api/qpid.erb
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-# Configuration options if sending notifications via Qpid (these are
-# the defaults)
-#qpid_notification_exchange = glance
-#qpid_notification_topic = glance_notifications
-#qpid_host = localhost
-#qpid_port = 5672
-#qpid_username =
-#qpid_password =
-#qpid_sasl_mechanisms =
-#qpid_reconnect_timeout = 0
-#qpid_reconnect_limit = 0
-#qpid_reconnect_interval_min = 0
-#qpid_reconnect_interval_max = 0
-#qpid_reconnect_interval = 0
-#qpid_heartbeat = 5
-# Set to 'ssl' to enable SSL
-#qpid_protocol = tcp
-#qpid_tcp_nodelay = True
diff --git a/templates/api/rabbitmq.erb b/templates/api/rabbitmq.erb
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-# Configuration options if sending notifications via rabbitmq (these are
-# the defaults)
-#rabbit_host = localhost
-#rabbit_port = 5672
-#rabbit_use_ssl = false
-#rabbit_userid = guest
-#rabbit_password = guest
-#rabbit_virtual_host = /
-#rabbit_notification_exchange = glance
-#rabbit_notification_topic = glance_notifications
diff --git a/templates/api/swift.erb b/templates/api/swift.erb
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-# ============ Swift Store Options =============================
-
-# Address where the Swift authentication service lives
-swift_store_auth_address = <%= config['swift_store_auth_address'] %>
-
-# User to authenticate against the Swift authentication service
-swift_store_user = <%= config['swift_store_user'] %>
-
-# Auth key for the user authenticating against the
-# Swift authentication service
-swift_store_key = <%= config['swift_store_key'] %>
-
-# Container within the account that the account should use
-# for storing images in Swift
-swift_store_container = <%= config['swift_store_container'] %>
-
-# Do we create the container if it does not exist?
-swift_store_create_container_on_put = <%= config['swift_store_create_container_on_put'] %>
-
-
-# What size, in MB, should Glance start chunking image files
-# and do a large object manifest in Swift? By default, this is
-# the maximum object size in Swift, which is 5GB
-swift_store_large_object_size = 5120
-
-# When doing a large object manifest, what size, in MB, should
-# Glance write chunks to Swift? This amount of data is written
-# to a temporary disk buffer during the process of chunking
-# the image file, and the default is 200MB
-swift_store_large_object_chunk_size = 200
-
-# Whether to use ServiceNET to communicate with the Swift storage servers.
-# (If you aren't RACKSPACE, leave this False!)
-#
-# To use ServiceNET for authentication, prefix hostname of
-# `swift_store_auth_address` with 'snet-'.
-# Ex. https://example.com/v1.0/ -> https://snet-example.com/v1.0/
-swift_enable_snet = False