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+# This heat environment can be used to disable Paunch to manage containers..
+# When Paunch is disabled, the containers not managed by Pacemaker will be
+# deployed by TripleO Ansible, in tripleo-container-manage role.
+
+parameter_defaults:
+  EnablePaunch: false