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+The rhel7-rdo-icehouse element produces image builds on RHEL7 using RDO
+packages from OpenStack Icehouse.
+
+Any elements using an OpenStack project used in conjuction with this element
+will have their install type set to package via package-installs element, and
+the packages will be installed using the yum repository enabled by the
+rdo-icehouse and rdo-release elements.
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+baremetal
+rhel7
+package-installs
+rdo-icehouse
+rdo-release
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