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+venv
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+CouchDB Infrastructure Config Management
+===
+
+This repository contains Ansible scripts for managing our VM testing infrastructure.
+
+Setup
+---
+
+    $ virtualenv venv
+    $ source venv/bin/activate
+    $ pip install -r requirements.txt
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+ansible